diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b24c750c1da7..a40a4b805f47 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 74120719a70c984e04c16afe53dbdea868bed6da
+refs/heads/master: e0dac318ee2807d5ec1b09c1a608fdc25ef2ac7b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 0161f94cd759..368dbc90da3b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -375,6 +375,14 @@ unsigned comedi_get_subdevice_runflags(struct comedi_subdevice *s)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(comedi_get_subdevice_runflags);
 
+bool comedi_is_subdevice_running(struct comedi_subdevice *s)
+{
+	unsigned runflags = comedi_get_subdevice_runflags(s);
+
+	return (runflags & SRF_RUNNING) ? true : false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(comedi_is_subdevice_running);
+
 /*
    This function restores a subdevice to an idle state.
  */
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h b/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
index 2bbb7c951fdf..791030d2d8b4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ enum subdevice_runflags {
 	SRF_RUNNING = 0x08000000
 };
 
+bool comedi_is_subdevice_running(struct comedi_subdevice *s);
+
 int comedi_check_chanlist(struct comedi_subdevice *s,
 			  int n,
 			  unsigned int *chanlist);