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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2008-11-14 11:29:12 +1100
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2008-11-14 11:29:12 +1100
commit2b828925652340277a889cbc11b2d0637f7cdaf7 (patch)
tree32fcb3d3e466fc419fad2d3717956a5b5ad3d35a /kernel/workqueue.c
parent3a3b7ce9336952ea7b9564d976d068a238976c9d (diff)
parent58e20d8d344b0ee083febb18c2b021d2427e56ca (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into next
Conflicts: security/keys/internal.h security/keys/process_keys.c security/keys/request_key.c Fixed conflicts above by using the non 'tsk' versions. Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index f12ab5c4dec4..4952322cba45 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -970,6 +970,51 @@ undo:
return ret;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+struct work_for_cpu {
+ struct work_struct work;
+ long (*fn)(void *);
+ void *arg;
+ long ret;
+};
+
+static void do_work_for_cpu(struct work_struct *w)
+{
+ struct work_for_cpu *wfc = container_of(w, struct work_for_cpu, work);
+
+ wfc->ret = wfc->fn(wfc->arg);
+}
+
+/**
+ * work_on_cpu - run a function in user context on a particular cpu
+ * @cpu: the cpu to run on
+ * @fn: the function to run
+ * @arg: the function arg
+ *
+ * This will return -EINVAL in the cpu is not online, or the return value
+ * of @fn otherwise.
+ */
+long work_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
+{
+ struct work_for_cpu wfc;
+
+ INIT_WORK(&wfc.work, do_work_for_cpu);
+ wfc.fn = fn;
+ wfc.arg = arg;
+ get_online_cpus();
+ if (unlikely(!cpu_online(cpu)))
+ wfc.ret = -EINVAL;
+ else {
+ schedule_work_on(cpu, &wfc.work);
+ flush_work(&wfc.work);
+ }
+ put_online_cpus();
+
+ return wfc.ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(work_on_cpu);
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+
void __init init_workqueues(void)
{
cpu_populated_map = cpu_online_map;