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diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index bf21adb..5cb7d63 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1996,6 +1996,38 @@ static inline void check_class_changed(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
p->sched_class->prio_changed(rq, p, oldprio, running);
}
+/**
+ * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
+ * @k: 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()).
+ *
+ * Function lives here instead of kthread.c because it messes with
+ * scheduler internals which require locking.
+ */
+void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
+ if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+ set_task_cpu(p, cpu);
+ p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
+ p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
+ p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/*
* Is this task likely cache-hot:
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