---

yaml
---
r: 105947
b: refs/heads/master
c: db70089
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  105945: de03745
  105943: f7deec4
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1a4d9b0aa0d3c50314e57525a5e5ec2cfc48b4c8
+refs/heads/master: db700897224b5ebdf852f2d38920ce428940d059

trunk/include/linux/workqueue.h

@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ extern int keventd_up(void);
 extern void init_workqueues(void);
 int execute_in_process_context(work_func_t fn, struct execute_work *);
 
+extern int flush_work(struct work_struct *work);
+
 extern int cancel_work_sync(struct work_struct *work);
 
 /*

trunk/kernel/workqueue.c

@@ -423,6 +423,52 @@ void flush_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_workqueue);
 
+/**
+ * flush_work - block until a work_struct's callback has terminated
+ * @work: the work which is to be flushed
+ *
+ * It is expected that, prior to calling flush_work(), the caller has
+ * arranged for the work to not be requeued, otherwise it doesn't make
+ * sense to use this function.
+ */
+int flush_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq;
+	struct list_head *prev;
+	struct wq_barrier barr;
+
+	might_sleep();
+	cwq = get_wq_data(work);
+	if (!cwq)
+		return 0;
+
+	prev = NULL;
+	spin_lock_irq(&cwq->lock);
+	if (!list_empty(&work->entry)) {
+		/*
+		 * See the comment near try_to_grab_pending()->smp_rmb().
+		 * If it was re-queued under us we are not going to wait.
+		 */
+		smp_rmb();
+		if (unlikely(cwq != get_wq_data(work)))
+			goto out;
+		prev = &work->entry;
+	} else {
+		if (cwq->current_work != work)
+			goto out;
+		prev = &cwq->worklist;
+	}
+	insert_wq_barrier(cwq, &barr, prev->next);
+out:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&cwq->lock);
+	if (!prev)
+		return 0;
+
+	wait_for_completion(&barr.done);
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_work);
+
 /*
  * Upon a successful return (>= 0), the caller "owns" WORK_STRUCT_PENDING bit,
  * so this work can't be re-armed in any way.