kthread_run calls kthread_create and if the thread is created
it then calls wake_up_process on the corresponding returned
task struct. So the code can be simplified by calling just
kthread_run.
Cc: Ken Cox <jkc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c
index 25adf1a..c5c68cb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ uisthread_start(struct uisthread_info *thrinfo,
thrinfo->should_stop = 0;
/* used to stop the thread */
init_completion(&thrinfo->has_stopped);
- thrinfo->task = kthread_create(threadfn, thrcontext, name, NULL);
+ thrinfo->task = kthread_run(threadfn, thrcontext, name);
if (IS_ERR(thrinfo->task)) {
thrinfo->id = 0;
return 0; /* failure */
}
thrinfo->id = thrinfo->task->pid;
- wake_up_process(thrinfo->task);
LOGINF("started thread pid:%d\n", thrinfo->id);
return 1;
}
--
1.9.3
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