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diff --git a/include/linux/stop_machine.h b/include/linux/stop_machine.h
index faf1519b5adc..baba3a23a814 100644
--- a/include/linux/stop_machine.h
+++ b/include/linux/stop_machine.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
*
* This can be thought of as a very heavy write lock, equivalent to
* grabbing every spinlock in the kernel. */
-int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const cpumask_t *cpus);
+int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const struct cpumask *cpus);
/**
* __stop_machine: freeze the machine on all CPUs and run this function
@@ -34,11 +34,29 @@ int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const cpumask_t *cpus);
* Description: This is a special version of the above, which assumes cpus
* won't come or go while it's being called. Used by hotplug cpu.
*/
-int __stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const cpumask_t *cpus);
+int __stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const struct cpumask *cpus);
+
+/**
+ * stop_machine_create: create all stop_machine threads
+ *
+ * Description: This causes all stop_machine threads to be created before
+ * stop_machine actually gets called. This can be used by subsystems that
+ * need a non failing stop_machine infrastructure.
+ */
+int stop_machine_create(void);
+
+/**
+ * stop_machine_destroy: destroy all stop_machine threads
+ *
+ * Description: This causes all stop_machine threads which were created with
+ * stop_machine_create to be destroyed again.
+ */
+void stop_machine_destroy(void);
+
#else
static inline int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data,
- const cpumask_t *cpus)
+ const struct cpumask *cpus)
{
int ret;
local_irq_disable();
@@ -46,5 +64,9 @@ static inline int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data,
local_irq_enable();
return ret;
}
+
+static inline int stop_machine_create(void) { return 0; }
+static inline void stop_machine_destroy(void) { }
+
#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
#endif /* _LINUX_STOP_MACHINE */