The patch titled Subject: RDMA/siw: make use of the helper function kthread_run_on_cpu() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is rdma-siw-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/rdma-siw-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/rdma-siw-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.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/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: RDMA/siw: make use of the helper function kthread_run_on_cpu() Replace kthread_create/kthread_bind/wake_up_process() with kthread_run_on_cpu() to simplify the code. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211022025711.3673-3-caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Bernard Metzler <bmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c~rdma-siw-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu +++ a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c @@ -98,15 +98,14 @@ static int siw_create_tx_threads(void) continue; siw_tx_thread[cpu] = - kthread_create(siw_run_sq, (unsigned long *)(long)cpu, - "siw_tx/%d", cpu); + kthread_run_on_cpu(siw_run_sq, + (unsigned long *)(long)cpu, + cpu, "siw_tx/%u"); if (IS_ERR(siw_tx_thread[cpu])) { siw_tx_thread[cpu] = NULL; continue; } - kthread_bind(siw_tx_thread[cpu], cpu); - wake_up_process(siw_tx_thread[cpu]); assigned++; } return assigned; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx are kthread-add-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch rdma-siw-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch ring-buffer-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch rcutorture-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch trace-osnoise-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch trace-hwlat-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch