The patch titled kthread: convert arch/i386/kernel/apm.c has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is kthread-convert-arch-i386-kernel-apmc.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: kthread: convert arch/i386/kernel/apm.c From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> Convert i386 apm.c from kernel_thread(), whose export is deprecated, to kthread API. Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/i386/kernel/apm.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/apm.c~kthread-convert-arch-i386-kernel-apmc arch/i386/kernel/apm.c --- a/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c~kthread-convert-arch-i386-kernel-apmc +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c @@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ #include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <linux/dmi.h> #include <linux/suspend.h> +#include <linux/kthread.h> #include <asm/system.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -402,8 +403,6 @@ static int realmode_power_off = 1; #else static int realmode_power_off; #endif -static int exit_kapmd __read_mostly; -static int kapmd_running __read_mostly; #ifdef CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS static int allow_ints = 1; #else @@ -419,6 +418,8 @@ static const struct desc_struct bad_bios static const char driver_version[] = "1.16ac"; /* no spaces */ +static struct task_struct *kapmd_task; + /* * APM event names taken from the APM 1.2 specification. These are * the message codes that the BIOS uses to tell us about events @@ -1423,7 +1424,7 @@ static void apm_mainloop(void) set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); for (;;) { schedule_timeout(APM_CHECK_TIMEOUT); - if (exit_kapmd) + if (kthread_should_stop()) break; /* * Ok, check all events, check for idle (and mark us sleeping @@ -1706,12 +1707,6 @@ static int apm(void *unused) char * power_stat; char * bat_stat; - kapmd_running = 1; - - daemonize("kapmd"); - - current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; - #ifdef CONFIG_SMP /* 2002/08/01 - WT * This is to avoid random crashes at boot time during initialization @@ -1821,7 +1816,6 @@ static int apm(void *unused) console_blank_hook = NULL; #endif } - kapmd_running = 0; return 0; } @@ -2220,7 +2214,7 @@ static int __init apm_init(void) { struct proc_dir_entry *apm_proc; struct desc_struct *gdt; - int ret; + int err; dmi_check_system(apm_dmi_table); @@ -2329,12 +2323,17 @@ static int __init apm_init(void) if (apm_proc) apm_proc->owner = THIS_MODULE; - ret = kernel_thread(apm, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL | SIGCHLD); - if (ret < 0) { - printk(KERN_ERR "apm: disabled - Unable to start kernel thread.\n"); + kapmd_task = kthread_create(apm, NULL, "kapmd"); + if (IS_ERR(kapmd_task)) { + printk(KERN_ERR "apm: disabled - Unable to start kernel " + "thread.\n"); + err = PTR_ERR(kapmd_task); + kapmd_task = NULL; remove_proc_entry("apm", NULL); - return -ENOMEM; + return err; } + kapmd_task->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; + wake_up_process(kapmd_task); if (num_online_cpus() > 1 && !smp ) { printk(KERN_NOTICE @@ -2384,9 +2383,10 @@ static void __exit apm_exit(void) remove_proc_entry("apm", NULL); if (power_off) pm_power_off = NULL; - exit_kapmd = 1; - while (kapmd_running) - schedule(); + if (kapmd_task) { + kthread_stop(kapmd_task); + kapmd_task = NULL; + } #ifdef CONFIG_PM_LEGACY pm_active = 0; #endif _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from serue@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch kthread-update-arch-mips-kernel-apmc.patch pids-coding-style-use-struct-pidmap.patch move-pidmap-to-pspaceh.patch move-pidmap-to-pspaceh-fix.patch define-struct-pspace.patch proc-sysctl-add-_proc_do_string-helper.patch namespaces-add-nsproxy.patch namespaces-add-nsproxy-move-init_nsproxy-into-kernel-nsproxyc.patch namespaces-incorporate-fs-namespace-into-nsproxy.patch namespaces-exit_task_namespaces-invalidates-nsproxy.patch namespaces-utsname-introduce-temporary-helpers.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-klibc-bit.patch namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate-klibc-bit.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-klibc-bit-2.patch namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces.patch namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack.patch namespaces-utsname-remove-system_utsname.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-clone_newuts-flag.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-clone_newuts-flag-fix.patch uts-copy-nsproxy-only-when-needed.patch ipc-namespace-fix.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