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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kthread.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kthread.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index ab7ae57773e..82ed0ea1519 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create) * * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start - * it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu(). + * it. See also kthread_run(). * * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a @@ -150,6 +150,29 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create); /** + * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu. + * @p: thread created by kthread_create(). + * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on. + * + * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(), + * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be + * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()). + */ +void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu) +{ + /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */ + if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) { + WARN_ON(1); + return; + } + + p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu); + p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1; + p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind); + +/** * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create(). * @k: thread created by kthread_create(). * |