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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/workqueue.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/workqueue.c | 29 |
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h index 86b111300231..957c21c16d62 100644 --- a/include/linux/workqueue.h +++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ struct work_struct { struct timer_list timer; }; +struct execute_work { + struct work_struct work; +}; + #define __WORK_INITIALIZER(n, f, d) { \ .entry = { &(n).entry, &(n).entry }, \ .func = (f), \ @@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ extern void init_workqueues(void); void cancel_rearming_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work); void cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *, struct work_struct *); +int execute_in_process_context(void (*fn)(void *), void *, + struct execute_work *); /* * Kill off a pending schedule_delayed_work(). Note that the work callback diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index b052e2c4c710..e9e464a90376 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <linux/cpu.h> #include <linux/notifier.h> #include <linux/kthread.h> +#include <linux/hardirq.h> /* * The per-CPU workqueue (if single thread, we always use the first @@ -476,6 +477,34 @@ void cancel_rearming_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cancel_rearming_delayed_work); +/** + * execute_in_process_context - reliably execute the routine with user context + * @fn: the function to execute + * @data: data to pass to the function + * @ew: guaranteed storage for the execute work structure (must + * be available when the work executes) + * + * Executes the function immediately if process context is available, + * otherwise schedules the function for delayed execution. + * + * Returns: 0 - function was executed + * 1 - function was scheduled for execution + */ +int execute_in_process_context(void (*fn)(void *data), void *data, + struct execute_work *ew) +{ + if (!in_interrupt()) { + fn(data); + return 0; + } + + INIT_WORK(&ew->work, fn, data); + schedule_work(&ew->work); + + return 1; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(execute_in_process_context); + int keventd_up(void) { return keventd_wq != NULL; |