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diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index aabc8a13ba71..685ea65eb803 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -30,8 +30,73 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
int kthread_should_stop(void);
+void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *k);
int kthreadd(void *unused);
extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
+/*
+ * Simple work processor based on kthread.
+ *
+ * This provides easier way to make use of kthreads. A kthread_work
+ * can be queued and flushed using queue/flush_kthread_work()
+ * respectively. Queued kthread_works are processed by a kthread
+ * running kthread_worker_fn().
+ *
+ * A kthread_work can't be freed while it is executing.
+ */
+struct kthread_work;
+typedef void (*kthread_work_func_t)(struct kthread_work *work);
+
+struct kthread_worker {
+ spinlock_t lock;
+ struct list_head work_list;
+ struct task_struct *task;
+};
+
+struct kthread_work {
+ struct list_head node;
+ kthread_work_func_t func;
+ wait_queue_head_t done;
+ atomic_t flushing;
+ int queue_seq;
+ int done_seq;
+};
+
+#define KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker) { \
+ .lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED, \
+ .work_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT((worker).work_list), \
+ }
+
+#define KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(work, fn) { \
+ .node = LIST_HEAD_INIT((work).node), \
+ .func = (fn), \
+ .done = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER((work).done), \
+ .flushing = ATOMIC_INIT(0), \
+ }
+
+#define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(worker) \
+ struct kthread_worker worker = KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker)
+
+#define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK(work, fn) \
+ struct kthread_work work = KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(work, fn)
+
+static inline void init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
+{
+ *worker = (struct kthread_worker)KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(*worker);
+}
+
+static inline void init_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work,
+ kthread_work_func_t fn)
+{
+ *work = (struct kthread_work)KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(*work, fn);
+}
+
+int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr);
+
+bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
+ struct kthread_work *work);
+void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work);
+void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker);
+
#endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */