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diff --git a/kernel/async.c b/kernel/async.c
index 078d5ed150d..b5f0d4b9493 100644
--- a/kernel/async.c
+++ b/kernel/async.c
@@ -209,18 +209,43 @@ static async_cookie_t __async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct l
return newcookie;
}
+/**
+ * async_schedule - schedule a function for asynchronous execution
+ * @ptr: function to execute asynchronously
+ * @data: data pointer to pass to the function
+ *
+ * Returns an async_cookie_t that may be used for checkpointing later.
+ * Note: This function may be called from atomic or non-atomic contexts.
+ */
async_cookie_t async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data)
{
return __async_schedule(ptr, data, &async_running);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule);
+/**
+ * async_schedule_special - schedule a function for asynchronous execution with a special running queue
+ * @ptr: function to execute asynchronously
+ * @data: data pointer to pass to the function
+ * @running: list head to add to while running
+ *
+ * Returns an async_cookie_t that may be used for checkpointing later.
+ * @running may be used in the async_synchronize_*_special() functions
+ * to wait on a special running queue rather than on the global running
+ * queue.
+ * Note: This function may be called from atomic or non-atomic contexts.
+ */
async_cookie_t async_schedule_special(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct list_head *running)
{
return __async_schedule(ptr, data, running);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule_special);
+/**
+ * async_synchronize_full - synchronize all asynchronous function calls
+ *
+ * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls have been done.
+ */
void async_synchronize_full(void)
{
do {
@@ -229,12 +254,27 @@ void async_synchronize_full(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full);
+/**
+ * async_synchronize_full_special - synchronize all asynchronous function calls for a running list
+ * @list: running list to synchronize on
+ *
+ * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls for the running
+ * list @list have been done.
+ */
void async_synchronize_full_special(struct list_head *list)
{
async_synchronize_cookie_special(next_cookie, list);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full_special);
+/**
+ * async_synchronize_cookie_special - synchronize asynchronous function calls on a running list with cookie checkpointing
+ * @cookie: async_cookie_t to use as checkpoint
+ * @running: running list to synchronize on
+ *
+ * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls for the running
+ * list @list submitted prior to @cookie have been done.
+ */
void async_synchronize_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *running)
{
ktime_t starttime, delta, endtime;
@@ -257,6 +297,13 @@ void async_synchronize_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *r
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookie_special);
+/**
+ * async_synchronize_cookie - synchronize asynchronous function calls with cookie checkpointing
+ * @cookie: async_cookie_t to use as checkpoint
+ *
+ * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls prior to @cookie
+ * have been done.
+ */
void async_synchronize_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie)
{
async_synchronize_cookie_special(cookie, &async_running);