The current kthread worker users call flush() and stop() explicitly. This function drains the worker, stops it, and frees the kthread_worker struct in one call. It is supposed to be used together with create_kthread_worker*() that allocates struct kthread_worker. Also note that drain() correctly handles self-queuing works in compare with flush(). Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kthread.h | 2 ++ kernel/kthread.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h index 468011efa68d..a36604fa8aa2 100644 --- a/include/linux/kthread.h +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -136,4 +136,6 @@ bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker, void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work); void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker); +void destroy_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker); + #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */ diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index 6051aa9d93c6..441651765f08 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -852,3 +852,24 @@ void drain_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker) spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(drain_kthread_worker); + +/** + * destroy_kthread_worker - destroy a kthread worker + * @worker: worker to be destroyed + * + * Drain and destroy @worker. It has the same conditions + * for use as drain_kthread_worker(), see above. + */ +void destroy_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker) +{ + struct task_struct *task; + + task = worker->task; + if (WARN_ON(!task)) + return; + + drain_kthread_worker(worker); + kthread_stop(task); + kfree(worker); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(destroy_kthread_worker); -- 1.8.5.6 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>