Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index ab7ae57773e1..fbb6222fe7e0 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -150,6 +150,29 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
 
 /**
+ * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
+ * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
+ * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
+ *
+ * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
+ * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
+ * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
+ */
+void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	/* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
+	if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
+	p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
+	p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
+
+/**
  * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
  * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
  *