1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 0668795d8818..ccefe574dcf7 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -317,8 +317,6 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__cwq)
         if (cwq->wq->freezeable)
                 set_freezable();
 
-        set_user_nice(current, -5);
-
         for (;;) {
                 prepare_to_wait(&cwq->more_work, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
                 if (!freezing(current) &&
@@ -600,7 +598,12 @@ static struct workqueue_struct *keventd_wq __read_mostly;
  * schedule_work - put work task in global workqueue
  * @work: job to be done
  *
- * This puts a job in the kernel-global workqueue.
+ * Returns zero if @work was already on the kernel-global workqueue and
+ * non-zero otherwise.
+ *
+ * This puts a job in the kernel-global workqueue if it was not already
+ * queued and leaves it in the same position on the kernel-global
+ * workqueue otherwise.
  */
 int schedule_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
@@ -637,6 +640,24 @@ int schedule_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *dwork,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_delayed_work);
 
 /**
+ * flush_delayed_work - block until a dwork_struct's callback has terminated
+ * @dwork: the delayed work which is to be flushed
+ *
+ * Any timeout is cancelled, and any pending work is run immediately.
+ */
+void flush_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *dwork)
+{
+        if (del_timer(&dwork->timer)) {
+                struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq;
+                cwq = wq_per_cpu(keventd_wq, get_cpu());
+                __queue_work(cwq, &dwork->work);
+                put_cpu();
+        }
+        flush_work(&dwork->work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_delayed_work);
+
+/**
  * schedule_delayed_work_on - queue work in global workqueue on CPU after delay
  * @cpu: cpu to use
  * @dwork: job to be done