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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kthread.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h index 3fa786448db..ebdd41fd108 100644 --- a/include/linux/kthread.h +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu); 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? * * When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken |