=== modified file 'Doc/library/resource.rst'
--- Doc/library/resource.rst	2008-01-05 19:33:46 +0000
+++ Doc/library/resource.rst	2010-11-17 13:33:07 +0000
@@ -236,3 +236,8 @@
    Pass to :func:`getrusage` to request resources consumed by both the current
    process and child processes.  May not be available on all systems.
 
+.. data:: RUSAGE_THREAD
+
+   Pass to :func:`getrusage` to request resources consumed by the current
+   thread.  May not be available on all systems.
+

=== modified file 'Lib/test/test_resource.py'
--- Lib/test/test_resource.py	2009-03-30 22:05:48 +0000
+++ Lib/test/test_resource.py	2010-11-17 13:31:28 +0000
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@
             usageboth = resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_BOTH)
         except (ValueError, AttributeError):
             pass
+        try:
+            usage_thread = resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_THREAD)
+        except (ValueError, AttributeError):
+            pass
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     test_support.run_unittest(ResourceTest)

=== modified file 'Modules/resource.c'
--- Modules/resource.c	2010-05-09 14:46:46 +0000
+++ Modules/resource.c	2010-11-17 13:30:32 +0000
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@
     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "RUSAGE_BOTH", RUSAGE_BOTH);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef RUSAGE_THREAD
+    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "RUSAGE_THREAD", RUSAGE_THREAD);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_LONG_LONG)
     if (sizeof(RLIM_INFINITY) > sizeof(long)) {
         v = PyLong_FromLongLong((PY_LONG_LONG) RLIM_INFINITY);