kworker(kworker/u2:1,kworker/0:13,kworker/0:1H) 工作队列的命名

1、概述 

        工作队列是除软中断和tasklet以外最常用的下半部机制之一。工作队列的基本原理是把work(需要推迟执行的函数)交由一个内核线程来异步执行。关于工作队列的具体使用请读者参考其他资料，本文不再概述。

        在创建工作队列时,可以通过flag参数指定创建的工作队列是否绑定到特殊的CPU。

        内核创建的工作队列(作者使用的是一个6 core的虚拟机)如下，其中红色部分就是工作队列的命名。下面我们进描述下其命名规则。

2、命名规则

Linux内核创建的工作队列命名规则如下:kworker/%u:%d%s (cpu, id, priority) 。

对于未绑定CPU的工作队列,显示为kworker/u2:1。u:是unbound的缩写，代表没有绑定特定的CPU,cpu未绑定所以cpu字段为空，kworker /u2:0，2和0分别表示pool->id和id。

绑定特定cpu的工作队列,显示为kworker/0:13。0：cpu(绑定到cpu0)，13：id。

优先级较高的工作队列(nice<0)，显示为kworker/0:1H。0:cpu(绑定到cpu0),1:id,H：priority(高优先级)。

下面是内核在创建工作队列create_worker源码,其中对于工作队列的名称有详细描述:

/**

* create_worker - create a new workqueue worker

* @pool: pool the new worker will belong to

*

* Create and start a new worker which is attached to @pool.

*

* CONTEXT:

* Might sleep. Does GFP_KERNEL allocations.

*

* Return:

* Pointer to the newly created worker.

*/

static struct worker *create_worker(struct worker_pool *pool)

{

struct worker *worker = NULL;

int id = -1;

char id_buf[16];

/* ID is needed to determine kthread name */

id = ida_simple_get(&pool->worker_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);

if (id < 0)

goto fail;

worker = alloc_worker(pool->node);

if (!worker)

goto fail;

worker->pool = pool;

worker->id = id;

if (pool->cpu >= 0)

snprintf(id_buf, sizeof(id_buf), "%d:%d%s", pool->cpu, id,pool->attrs->nice < 0 ? "H" : "");

else

snprintf(id_buf, sizeof(id_buf), "u%d:%d", pool->id, id);

worker->task = kthread_create_on_node(worker_thread, worker, pool->node, "kworker/%s", id_buf);

if (IS_ERR(worker->task))

goto fail;

set_user_nice(worker->task, pool->attrs->nice);

/* prevent userland from meddling with cpumask of workqueue workers */

worker->task->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;

/* successful, attach the worker to the pool */

worker_attach_to_pool(worker, pool);

/* start the newly created worker */

spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);

worker->pool->nr_workers++;

worker_enter_idle(worker);

wake_up_process(worker->task);

spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);

return worker;

fail:

if (id >= 0)

ida_simple_remove(&pool->worker_ida, id);

kfree(worker);

return NULL;

}