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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kthread.h | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kthread.c | 13 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h index 3fa7864..ebdd41f 100644 --- a/include/linux/kthread.h +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu); int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k); /** + * kthread_stop_sem: stop a thread created by kthread_create(). + * @k: thread created by kthread_create(). + * @s: semaphore that @k waits on while idle. + * + * Does essentially the same thing as kthread_stop() above, but wakes + * @k by calling up(@s). + * + * Returns the result of threadfn(), or -EINTR if wake_up_process() + * was never called. */ +int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s); + +/** * kthread_should_stop: should this kthread return now? * * When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index f50f174..e75950a 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind); int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k) { + return kthread_stop_sem(k, NULL); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop); + +int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s) +{ int ret; down(&kthread_stop_lock); @@ -178,7 +184,10 @@ int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k) /* Now set kthread_should_stop() to true, and wake it up. */ kthread_stop_info.k = k; - wake_up_process(k); + if (s) + up(s); + else + wake_up_process(k); put_task_struct(k); /* Once it dies, reset stop ptr, gather result and we're done. */ @@ -189,7 +198,7 @@ int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k) return ret; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop_sem); static __init int helper_init(void) { |
