---

yaml
---
r: 206203
b: refs/heads/master
c: 82805ab
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  206201: 6f25efd
  206199: 405331d
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7bc465605ffa90b281d6b774fcb13911636a6d45
+refs/heads/master: 82805ab77d25643f579d90397dcd34f05d1b750a

trunk/include/linux/kthread.h

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
 int kthread_should_stop(void);
+void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *k);
 
 int kthreadd(void *unused);
 extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;

trunk/kernel/kthread.c

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct kthread_create_info
 
 struct kthread {
 	int should_stop;
+	void *data;
 	struct completion exited;
 };
 
@@ -56,6 +57,19 @@ int kthread_should_stop(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
 
+/**
+ * kthread_data - return data value specified on kthread creation
+ * @task: kthread task in question
+ *
+ * Return the data value specified when kthread @task was created.
+ * The caller is responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when
+ * calling this function.
+ */
+void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return to_kthread(task)->data;
+}
+
 static int kthread(void *_create)
 {
 	/* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
@@ -66,6 +80,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 	int ret;
 
 	self.should_stop = 0;
+	self.data = data;
 	init_completion(&self.exited);
 	current->vfork_done = &self.exited;