[PATCH] kthread: Export kthread_data()

From: Waiman Long
Date: Fri Feb 09 2018 - 09:52:38 EST


When multiple kernel threads are created to cooperatively work on
a common task, we may need a convenient way to access data that are
specific to each kthread.

The kthread_data() function fits this need. However, it was not
visible to kthreads started in a kernel module. To solve this problem,
the kthread_data() function is now exported allowing kthreads from
kernel modules to use it.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kthread.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index cd50e99..a71d461 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
{
return to_kthread(task)->data;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_data);

/**
* kthread_probe_data - speculative version of kthread_data()
--
1.8.3.1