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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-03-19 16:15:33 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-03-19 16:15:33 +0100
commit7e2dc8ed7862ac622b5a59953b679de97001dc83 (patch)
treed2d2cf61a22f5a6404000ee007c5e80bc2d9eca9 /include/linux/kthread.h
parenta7e8c9cc3a13baf3dcf9734dd55609aa7ff9a1a0 (diff)
parent4a2b0ed2ac7abe9743e1559d212075a0ebac96b3 (diff)
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kthread.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kthread.h21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 8d27403888ce..68d4b31d8989 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@
struct mm_struct;
+/* opaque kthread data */
+struct kthread;
+
+/*
+ * When "(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)" is set the task is a kthread and will
+ * always remain a kthread. For kthreads p->worker_private always
+ * points to a struct kthread. For tasks that are not kthreads
+ * p->worker_private is used to point to other things.
+ *
+ * Return NULL for any task that is not a kthread.
+ */
+static inline struct kthread *tsk_is_kthread(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ if (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
+ return p->worker_private;
+ return NULL;
+}
+
__printf(4, 5)
struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
void *data,
@@ -98,8 +116,9 @@ void *kthread_probe_data(struct task_struct *k);
int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k);
void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k);
void kthread_parkme(void);
-void kthread_exit(long result) __noreturn;
+#define kthread_exit(result) do_exit(result)
void kthread_complete_and_exit(struct completion *, long) __noreturn;
+void kthread_do_exit(struct kthread *, long);
int kthreadd(void *unused);
extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;