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Move sleep and workqueue module doc to README
sleep was broken because the workqueue was declared locally inside init, further evidence that no one has ever run the examples :-(
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==== GDB module_init
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TODO find a convenient method. We have working methods, but they are not convenient.
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TODO find a more convenient method. We have working methods, but they are not ideal.
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This is not very easy, since by the time the module finishes loading, and `lx-symbols` can work properly, `module_init` has already finished running!
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rmmod kthread
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The sleep is done with `usleep_range`, see: <<sleep>>.
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Bibliography:
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* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10177641/proper-way-of-handling-threads-in-kernel
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The threads almost always interleaved nicely, thus confirming that they are actually running in parallel.
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===== sleep
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Count to dmesg every one second from `0` up to `n - 1`:
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....
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insmod /sleep.ko n=5
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Source: link:kernel_module/sleep.c[]
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The sleep is done with a call to `usleep_range` directly inside `module_init` for simplicity.
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Bibliography:
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* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15994603/how-to-sleep-in-the-linux-kernel/44153288#44153288
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* https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v4.17/Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt
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===== Workqueue
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A more convenient front-end for <<kthread>>:
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insmod /workqueue_cheat.ko
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Outcome: count from `0` to `9` infinitely many times
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Stop counting:
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rmmod workqueue_cheat
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Source: link:kernel_module/workqueue_cheat.c[]
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The workqueue thread is killed after the worker function returns.
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We can't call the module just `workqueue.c` because there is already a built-in with that name: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/364956/how-can-insmod-fail-with-kernel-module-is-already-loaded-even-is-lsmod-does-not
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Bibliography: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v4.17/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst
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===== Workqueue from workqueue
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Count from `0` to `9` every second infinitely many times by scheduling a new work item from a work item:
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insmod /work_from_work.ko
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Stop:
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rmmod work_from_work
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The sleep is done indirectly through: `queue_delayed_work`, which waits the specified time before scheduling the work.
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Source: link:kernel_module/work_from_work.c[]
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===== schedule
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Let's block the entire kernel! Yay:
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