1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 1eea53050b..c5e40830c1 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -715,6 +715,24 @@ int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
 
+/**
+ * kthread_stop_put - stop a thread and put its task struct
+ * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
+ *
+ * Stops a thread created by kthread_create() and put its task_struct.
+ * Only use when holding an extra task struct reference obtained by
+ * calling get_task_struct().
+ */
+int kthread_stop_put(struct task_struct *k)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kthread_stop(k);
+	put_task_struct(k);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop_put);
+
 int kthreadd(void *unused)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
@@ -1469,7 +1487,6 @@ void kthread_unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	 * clearing tsk->mm.
 	 */
 	smp_mb__after_spinlock();
-	sync_mm_rss(mm);
 	local_irq_disable();
 	tsk->mm = NULL;
 	membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL);