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| author | Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com> | 2006-03-31 03:35:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com> | 2006-03-31 03:35:56 +0000 |
| commit | d62e54abca1146981fc9f98f85ff398a113a22c2 (patch) | |
| tree | 870420dbc4c65e716dcef8a802aafdc0ef97a8b4 /kernel/workqueue.c | |
| parent | fd4a0b92db6a57cba8d03efbe1cebf91f9124ce0 (diff) | |
| parent | ce362c009250340358a7221f3cdb7954cbf19c01 (diff) | |
Merge with /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/workqueue.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index b052e2c4c71..e9e464a9037 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <linux/cpu.h> #include <linux/notifier.h> #include <linux/kthread.h> +#include <linux/hardirq.h> /* * The per-CPU workqueue (if single thread, we always use the first @@ -476,6 +477,34 @@ void cancel_rearming_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cancel_rearming_delayed_work); +/** + * execute_in_process_context - reliably execute the routine with user context + * @fn: the function to execute + * @data: data to pass to the function + * @ew: guaranteed storage for the execute work structure (must + * be available when the work executes) + * + * Executes the function immediately if process context is available, + * otherwise schedules the function for delayed execution. + * + * Returns: 0 - function was executed + * 1 - function was scheduled for execution + */ +int execute_in_process_context(void (*fn)(void *data), void *data, + struct execute_work *ew) +{ + if (!in_interrupt()) { + fn(data); + return 0; + } + + INIT_WORK(&ew->work, fn, data); + schedule_work(&ew->work); + + return 1; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(execute_in_process_context); + int keventd_up(void) { return keventd_wq != NULL; |