Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (25 commits)
  sched: Fix broken assertion
  sched: Assert task state bits at build time
  sched: Update task_state_arraypwith new states
  sched: Add missing state chars to TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR
  sched: Move TASK_STATE_TO_CHAR_STR near the TASK_state bits
  sched: Teach might_sleep() about preemptible RCU
  sched: Make warning less noisy
  sched: Simplify set_task_cpu()
  sched: Remove the cfs_rq dependency from set_task_cpu()
  sched: Add pre and post wakeup hooks
  sched: Move kthread_bind() back to kthread.c
  sched: Fix select_task_rq() vs hotplug issues
  sched: Fix sched_exec() balancing
  sched: Ensure set_task_cpu() is never called on blocked tasks
  sched: Use TASK_WAKING for fork wakups
  sched: Select_task_rq_fair() must honour SD_LOAD_BALANCE
  sched: Fix task_hot() test order
  sched: Fix set_cpu_active() in cpu_down()
  sched: Mark boot-cpu active before smp_init()
  sched: Fix cpu_clock() in NMIs, on !CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
  ...

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index ab7ae57773e1..fbb6222fe7e0 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -150,6 +150,29 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
 
 /**
+ * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
+ * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
+ * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
+ *
+ * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
+ * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
+ * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
+ */
+void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
+{
+        /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
+        if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
+                WARN_ON(1);
+                return;
+        }
+
+        p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
+        p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
+        p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
+
+/**
  * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
  * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
  *