The patch titled Subject: bfs: bfad_worker cleanup has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is bfs-bfad_worker-cleanup.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/bfs-bfad_worker-cleanup.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/bfs-bfad_worker-cleanup.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> Subject: bfs: bfad_worker cleanup This kthread is not loop at all due to break at the end of the loop. Make that function linear, with no while loop. And remove an unnecessary cast. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> Cc: Anil Gurumurthy <anil.gurumurthy@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c | 22 +++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c~bfs-bfad_worker-cleanup drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c --- a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c~bfs-bfad_worker-cleanup +++ a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c @@ -1079,22 +1079,18 @@ bfad_start_ops(struct bfad_s *bfad) { int bfad_worker(void *ptr) { - struct bfad_s *bfad; - unsigned long flags; + struct bfad_s *bfad = ptr; + unsigned long flags; - bfad = (struct bfad_s *)ptr; + if (kthread_should_stop()) + return 0; - while (!kthread_should_stop()) { + /* Send event BFAD_E_INIT_SUCCESS */ + bfa_sm_send_event(bfad, BFAD_E_INIT_SUCCESS); - /* Send event BFAD_E_INIT_SUCCESS */ - bfa_sm_send_event(bfad, BFAD_E_INIT_SUCCESS); - - spin_lock_irqsave(&bfad->bfad_lock, flags); - bfad->bfad_tsk = NULL; - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfad->bfad_lock, flags); - - break; - } + spin_lock_irqsave(&bfad->bfad_lock, flags); + bfad->bfad_tsk = NULL; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfad->bfad_lock, flags); return 0; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jslaby@xxxxxxx are bfs-bfad_worker-cleanup.patch linux-next.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