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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kthread.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kthread.c | 15 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h index f93cb6979edc..685ea65eb803 100644 --- a/include/linux/kthread.h +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu); int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k); int kthread_should_stop(void); +void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *k); int kthreadd(void *unused); extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task; diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index 8b63c7fee73b..2dc3786349d1 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct kthread_create_info struct kthread { int should_stop; + void *data; struct completion exited; }; @@ -56,6 +57,19 @@ int kthread_should_stop(void) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop); +/** + * kthread_data - return data value specified on kthread creation + * @task: kthread task in question + * + * Return the data value specified when kthread @task was created. + * The caller is responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when + * calling this function. + */ +void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task) +{ + return to_kthread(task)->data; +} + static int kthread(void *_create) { /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */ @@ -66,6 +80,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create) int ret; self.should_stop = 0; + self.data = data; init_completion(&self.exited); current->vfork_done = &self.exited; |