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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kthread.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kthread.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index 16d8ddd268b1..760e86df8c20 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/freezer.h> #include <linux/ptrace.h> +#include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <trace/events/sched.h> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock); @@ -135,6 +136,24 @@ void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task) return to_kthread(task)->data; } +/** + * probe_kthread_data - speculative version of kthread_data() + * @task: possible kthread task in question + * + * @task could be a kthread task. Return the data value specified when it + * was created if accessible. If @task isn't a kthread task or its data is + * inaccessible for any reason, %NULL is returned. This function requires + * that @task itself is safe to dereference. + */ +void *probe_kthread_data(struct task_struct *task) +{ + struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(task); + void *data = NULL; + + probe_kernel_read(&data, &kthread->data, sizeof(data)); + return data; +} + static void __kthread_parkme(struct kthread *self) { __set_current_state(TASK_PARKED); |