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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kthread.h | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kthread.c | 1 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h index 346b0f269161..db47aae7c481 100644 --- a/include/linux/kthread.h +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -56,6 +56,31 @@ bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k); __k; \ }) +/** + * kthread_run_on_cpu - create and wake a cpu bound thread. + * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current). + * @data: data ptr for @threadfn. + * @cpu: The cpu on which the thread should be bound, + * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted + * to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number. + * + * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create_on_cpu() + * followed by wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or + * ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). + */ +static inline struct task_struct * +kthread_run_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data), void *data, + unsigned int cpu, const char *namefmt) +{ + struct task_struct *p; + + p = kthread_create_on_cpu(threadfn, data, cpu, namefmt); + if (!IS_ERR(p)) + wake_up_process(p); + + return p; +} + void free_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *k); void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu); void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *k, const struct cpumask *mask); diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index 7113003fab63..4ed9e7bce9e8 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data), to_kthread(p)->cpu = cpu; return p; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_on_cpu); void kthread_set_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k, int cpu) { |