The patch titled
kthread: convert smbiod
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kthread-convert-smbiod.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: kthread: convert smbiod
From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Update smbiod to use kthread instead of deprecated kernel_thread.
Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/smbfs/smbiod.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/smbfs/smbiod.c~kthread-convert-smbiod fs/smbfs/smbiod.c
--- 25/fs/smbfs/smbiod.c~kthread-convert-smbiod Mon Jun 19 14:54:35 2006
+++ 25-akpm/fs/smbfs/smbiod.c Mon Jun 19 14:54:35 2006
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <net/ip.h>
#include <linux/smb_fs.h>
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ enum smbiod_state {
};
static enum smbiod_state smbiod_state = SMBIOD_DEAD;
-static pid_t smbiod_pid;
+static struct task_struct *smbiod_thread = NULL;
static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(smbiod_wait);
static LIST_HEAD(smb_servers);
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(servers_lock);
@@ -67,20 +68,29 @@ void smbiod_wake_up(void)
*/
static int smbiod_start(void)
{
- pid_t pid;
+ struct task_struct *tsk;
+ int err = 0;
+
if (smbiod_state != SMBIOD_DEAD)
return 0;
smbiod_state = SMBIOD_STARTING;
__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
spin_unlock(&servers_lock);
- pid = kernel_thread(smbiod, NULL, 0);
- if (pid < 0)
+ tsk = kthread_run(smbiod, NULL, "smbiod");
+ if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(tsk);
module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+ }
spin_lock(&servers_lock);
- smbiod_state = pid < 0 ? SMBIOD_DEAD : SMBIOD_RUNNING;
- smbiod_pid = pid;
- return pid;
+ if (err < 0) {
+ smbiod_state = SMBIOD_DEAD;
+ smbiod_thread = NULL;
+ } else {
+ smbiod_state = SMBIOD_RUNNING;
+ smbiod_thread = tsk;
+ }
+ return err;
}
/*
@@ -290,8 +300,6 @@ out:
*/
static int smbiod(void *unused)
{
- daemonize("smbiod");
-
allow_signal(SIGKILL);
VERBOSE("SMB Kernel thread starting (%d) ...\n", current->pid);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from serue@xxxxxxxxxx are
git-audit-master.patch
kthread-update-loopc-to-use-kthread.patch
kthread-update-loopc-to-use-kthread-fix.patch
kthread-convert-lock-to-use-kthread.patch
kthread-convert-smbiod.patch
kthread-convert-smbiod-tidy.patch
proc-sysctl-add-_proc_do_string-helper.patch
namespaces-add-nsproxy.patch
namespaces-add-nsproxy-dont-include-compileh.patch
namespaces-incorporate-fs-namespace-into-nsproxy.patch
namespaces-utsname-introduce-temporary-helpers.patch
namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces.patch
namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-alpha-fix.patch
namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-cleanup.patch
namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate.patch
namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate-cifs-update.patch
namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces.patch
namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces-export.patch
namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces-dont-include-compileh.patch
namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces-remove-unused-exit_utsname.patch
namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack.patch
namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup.patch
namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup-2.patch
namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack-cleanup-2-fix.patch
namespaces-utsname-remove-system_utsname.patch
namespaces-utsname-implement-clone_newuts-flag.patch
uts-copy-nsproxy-only-when-needed.patch
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