The patch titled Subject: trace/hwlat: make use of the helper function kthread_run_on_cpu() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is trace-hwlat-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/trace-hwlat-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/trace-hwlat-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: trace/hwlat: make use of the helper function kthread_run_on_cpu() Replace kthread_create_on_cpu/wake_up_process() with kthread_run_on_cpu() to simplify the code. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211022025711.3673-7-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> --- kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c~trace-hwlat-make-use-of-the-helper-function-kthread_run_on_cpu +++ a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c @@ -491,18 +491,14 @@ static void stop_per_cpu_kthreads(void) static int start_cpu_kthread(unsigned int cpu) { struct task_struct *kthread; - char comm[24]; - snprintf(comm, 24, "hwlatd/%d", cpu); - - kthread = kthread_create_on_cpu(kthread_fn, NULL, cpu, comm); + kthread = kthread_run_on_cpu(kthread_fn, NULL, cpu, "hwlatd/%u"); if (IS_ERR(kthread)) { pr_err(BANNER "could not start sampling thread\n"); return -ENOMEM; } per_cpu(hwlat_per_cpu_data, cpu).kthread = kthread; - wake_up_process(kthread); return 0; } _ 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