From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> This patch modifies the sas scsi host thread startup to use kthread_run not kernel_thread and deamonize. kthread_run is slightly simpler and more maintainable. akpm: the driver should also be converted to use kthread_should_stop() and kthread_stop(). Cc: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c~sas_scsi_host-partially-convert-to-use-the-kthread-api drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c~sas_scsi_host-partially-convert-to-use-the-kthread-api +++ a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #include <linux/err.h> #include <linux/blkdev.h> +#include <linux/kthread.h> #include <linux/scatterlist.h> /* ---------- SCSI Host glue ---------- */ @@ -869,7 +870,6 @@ static int sas_queue_thread(void *_sas_h struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha = _sas_ha; struct scsi_core *core = &sas_ha->core; - daemonize("sas_queue_%d", core->shost->host_no); current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; complete(&queue_th_comp); @@ -888,19 +888,20 @@ static int sas_queue_thread(void *_sas_h int sas_init_queue(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha) { - int res; struct scsi_core *core = &sas_ha->core; + struct task_struct *task; spin_lock_init(&core->task_queue_lock); core->task_queue_size = 0; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&core->task_queue); init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&core->queue_thread_sema); - res = kernel_thread(sas_queue_thread, sas_ha, 0); - if (res >= 0) + task = kthread_run(sas_queue_thread, sas_ha, + "sas_queue_%d", core->shost->host_no); + if (!IS_ERR(task)) wait_for_completion(&queue_th_comp); - return res < 0 ? res : 0; + return IS_ERR(task) ? PTR_ERR(task) : 0; } void sas_shutdown_queue(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha) _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html