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-rw-r--r--include/linux/workqueue.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c16
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 4a54ef96aff5..bc0cda180c8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ extern bool cancel_delayed_work_sync(struct delayed_work *dwork);
extern void workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
int max_active);
+extern struct work_struct *current_work(void);
extern bool current_is_workqueue_rescuer(void);
extern bool workqueue_congested(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq);
extern unsigned int work_busy(struct work_struct *work);
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 43d18cb46308..255c20efdf7b 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -4168,6 +4168,22 @@ void workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int max_active)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(workqueue_set_max_active);
/**
+ * current_work - retrieve %current task's work struct
+ *
+ * Determine if %current task is a workqueue worker and what it's working on.
+ * Useful to find out the context that the %current task is running in.
+ *
+ * Return: work struct if %current task is a workqueue worker, %NULL otherwise.
+ */
+struct work_struct *current_work(void)
+{
+ struct worker *worker = current_wq_worker();
+
+ return worker ? worker->current_work : NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_work);
+
+/**
* current_is_workqueue_rescuer - is %current workqueue rescuer?
*
* Determine whether %current is a workqueue rescuer. Can be used from