The patch titled kthread: convert stop_machine into a kthread (update) has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread-update.patch This patch was dropped because it was folded into kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread.patch ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: kthread: convert stop_machine into a kthread (update) From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> Update stop_machine to use the more efficient kthread_bind() before running task in place of set_cpus_allowed() after. Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- kernel/stop_machine.c | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/stop_machine.c~kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread-update kernel/stop_machine.c --- 25/kernel/stop_machine.c~kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread-update Tue Jun 20 15:37:04 2006 +++ 25-akpm/kernel/stop_machine.c Tue Jun 20 15:37:04 2006 @@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ static void stopmachine_set_state(enum s static int stop_machine(void) { - int i, ret = 0; + int ret = 0; + unsigned int i; struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 }; /* One high-prio thread per cpu. We'll do this one. */ @@ -100,11 +101,13 @@ static int stop_machine(void) struct task_struct *tsk; if (i == raw_smp_processor_id()) continue; - tsk = kthread_run(stopmachine, (void *)(long)i, "stopmachine"); + tsk = kthread_create(stopmachine, NULL, "stopmachine"); if (IS_ERR(tsk)) { ret = PTR_ERR(tsk); break; } + kthread_bind(tsk, i); + wake_up_process(tsk); 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 kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread-update.patch kthread-convert-stop_machine-into-a-kthread-update-fix.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