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diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index b11f53c1ba2e..8d27403888ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ kthread_run_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data), void *data,
void free_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *k);
void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *k, const struct cpumask *mask);
+int kthread_affine_preferred(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask);
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
int kthread_stop_put(struct task_struct *k);
bool kthread_should_stop(void);
@@ -186,13 +187,58 @@ extern void __kthread_init_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr);
-__printf(2, 3)
-struct kthread_worker *
-kthread_create_worker(unsigned int flags, const char namefmt[], ...);
+__printf(3, 4)
+struct kthread_worker *kthread_create_worker_on_node(unsigned int flags,
+ int node,
+ const char namefmt[], ...);
+
+#define kthread_create_worker(flags, namefmt, ...) \
+ kthread_create_worker_on_node(flags, NUMA_NO_NODE, namefmt, ## __VA_ARGS__);
+
+/**
+ * kthread_run_worker - create and wake a kthread worker.
+ * @flags: flags modifying the default behavior of the worker
+ * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
+ *
+ * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create_worker() followed by
+ * wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread_worker or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
+ */
+#define kthread_run_worker(flags, namefmt, ...) \
+({ \
+ struct kthread_worker *__kw \
+ = kthread_create_worker(flags, namefmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \
+ if (!IS_ERR(__kw)) \
+ wake_up_process(__kw->task); \
+ __kw; \
+})
-__printf(3, 4) struct kthread_worker *
+struct kthread_worker *
kthread_create_worker_on_cpu(int cpu, unsigned int flags,
- const char namefmt[], ...);
+ const char namefmt[]);
+
+/**
+ * kthread_run_worker_on_cpu - create and wake a cpu bound kthread worker.
+ * @cpu: CPU number
+ * @flags: flags modifying the default behavior of the worker
+ * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted
+ * to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number.
+ *
+ * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create_worker_on_cpu()
+ * followed by wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread_worker or
+ * ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
+ */
+static inline struct kthread_worker *
+kthread_run_worker_on_cpu(int cpu, unsigned int flags,
+ const char namefmt[])
+{
+ struct kthread_worker *kw;
+
+ kw = kthread_create_worker_on_cpu(cpu, flags, namefmt);
+ if (!IS_ERR(kw))
+ wake_up_process(kw->task);
+
+ return kw;
+}
bool kthread_queue_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
struct kthread_work *work);