The patch titled kthread: convert stop_machine into a kthread has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: kthread: convert stop_machine into a kthread From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> Update stop_machine.c to spawn stop_machine as kthreads rather than the deprecated kernel_threads. Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- kernel/stop_machine.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/stop_machine.c~kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread kernel/stop_machine.c --- a/kernel/stop_machine.c~kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread +++ a/kernel/stop_machine.c @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ #include <linux/cpu.h> #include <linux/err.h> #include <linux/syscalls.h> +#include <linux/kthread.h> #include <asm/atomic.h> #include <asm/semaphore.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -96,11 +97,14 @@ static int stop_machine(void) stopmachine_state = STOPMACHINE_WAIT; for_each_online_cpu(i) { + struct task_struct *tsk; if (i == raw_smp_processor_id()) continue; - ret = kernel_thread(stopmachine, (void *)(long)i,CLONE_KERNEL); - if (ret < 0) + tsk = kthread_run(stopmachine, (void *)(long)i, "stopmachine"); + if (IS_ERR(tsk)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(tsk); break; + } stopmachine_num_threads++; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from serue@xxxxxxxxxx are git-audit-master.patch s390-move-var-declarations-behind-ifdef.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 kthread-convert-s390machc-from-kernel_thread.patch kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread.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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html