The patch titled
Subject: kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:17:30 +0200
fix kerneldoc comment
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230911111730.2565537-1-agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kthread.c | 13 +++----------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/kthread.c~kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2
+++ a/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -718,16 +718,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
/**
* kthread_stop_put - stop a thread and put its task struct
*
- * Stops a kthread and put its task_struct. This is meant for callers
- * that are holding an extra reference on the task struct, for example:
- *
- * t = kthread_create(...);
- * if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
- * get_task_struct(t);
- * wake_up_process(t);
- * }
- *
- * Returns the result of kthread_stop().
+ * Stops a thread created by kthread_create() and put its task_struct.
+ * Only use when holding an extra task struct reference obtained by
+ * calling get_task_struct().
*/
int kthread_stop_put(struct task_struct *k)
{
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx are
kthread-add-kthread_stop_put.patch
kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2.patch
