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diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 5641b55783a6..9db017761a1f 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/cgroup.h>
#include <trace/events/sched.h>
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
@@ -1180,6 +1181,19 @@ void kthread_destroy_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_destroy_worker);
+DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(kthread_global_worker);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_global_worker);
+
+__init void kthread_init_global_worker(void)
+{
+ kthread_global_worker.task = kthread_create(kthread_worker_fn,
+ &kthread_global_worker,
+ "kswork");
+ if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(kthread_global_worker.task)))
+ return;
+ wake_up_process(kthread_global_worker.task);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
/**
* kthread_associate_blkcg - associate blkcg to current kthread