2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index f93cb6979edc..685ea65eb803 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
 int kthread_should_stop(void);
+void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *k);
 
 int kthreadd(void *unused);
 extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 8b63c7fee73b..2dc3786349d1 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct kthread_create_info
 
 struct kthread {
         int should_stop;
+        void *data;
         struct completion exited;
 };
 
@@ -56,6 +57,19 @@ int kthread_should_stop(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
 
+/**
+ * kthread_data - return data value specified on kthread creation
+ * @task: kthread task in question
+ *
+ * Return the data value specified when kthread @task was created.
+ * The caller is responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when
+ * calling this function.
+ */
+void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+        return to_kthread(task)->data;
+}
+
 static int kthread(void *_create)
 {
         /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
@@ -66,6 +80,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
         int ret;
 
         self.should_stop = 0;
+        self.data = data;
         init_completion(&self.exited);
         current->vfork_done = &self.exited;