+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
+/*
+ * Create a kernel thread.
+ */
+pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
+{
+ return do_fork(flags|CLONE_VM|CLONE_UNTRACED, (unsigned long)fn, NULL,
+ (unsigned long)arg, NULL, NULL);
+}
+#endif
+