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yaml --- r: 11806 b: refs/heads/master c: 61e1a9e h: refs/heads/master v: v3
git-mirror · Oct 31, 2005 · 97b7e6c · 97b7e6c
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 83521d3eb8dd2dfb04dd78b4733e9766f61bb47e
+refs/heads/master: 61e1a9ea4b425eb8c3b4965c35fe953bd881728f
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/kthread.h b/trunk/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
  * was never called. */
 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?
  *

diff --git a/trunk/kernel/kthread.c b/trunk/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
 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;
 
@@ -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)
 {