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diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 3fa786448d..ebdd41fd10 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
  * was never called. */
 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
 
+/**
+ * kthread_stop_sem: stop a thread created by kthread_create().
+ * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
+ * @s: semaphore that @k waits on while idle.
+ *
+ * Does essentially the same thing as kthread_stop() above, but wakes
+ * @k by calling up(@s).
+ *
+ * Returns the result of threadfn(), or -EINTR if wake_up_process()
+ * was never called. */
+int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s);
+
 /**
  * kthread_should_stop: should this kthread return now?
  *