Merge branch 'release' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index dbd4490afe..e9ff04a9b5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3577,6 +3577,32 @@ task_t *idle_task(int cpu)
 }
 
 /**
+ * curr_task - return the current task for a given cpu.
+ * @cpu: the processor in question.
+ */
+task_t *curr_task(int cpu)
+{
+        return cpu_curr(cpu);
+}
+
+/**
+ * set_curr_task - set the current task for a given cpu.
+ * @cpu: the processor in question.
+ * @p: the task pointer to set.
+ *
+ * Description: This function must only be used when non-maskable interrupts
+ * are serviced on a separate stack.  It allows the architecture to switch the
+ * notion of the current task on a cpu in a non-blocking manner.  This function
+ * must be called with interrupts disabled, the caller must save the original
+ * value of the current task (see curr_task() above) and restore that value
+ * before reenabling interrupts.
+ */
+void set_curr_task(int cpu, task_t *p)
+{
+        cpu_curr(cpu) = p;
+}
+
+/**
  * find_process_by_pid - find a process with a matching PID value.
  * @pid: the pid in question.
  */