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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 0115a4a4db96..c1fa790c81cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -514,6 +514,17 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm)
}
/*
+ * Return saved PC of a blocked thread.
+ * What is this good for? it will be always the scheduler or ret_from_fork.
+ */
+unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ struct inactive_task_frame *frame =
+ (struct inactive_task_frame *) READ_ONCE(tsk->thread.sp);
+ return READ_ONCE_NOCHECK(frame->ret_addr);
+}
+
+/*
* Called from fs/proc with a reference on @p to find the function
* which called into schedule(). This needs to be done carefully
* because the task might wake up and we might look at a stack