}
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;