The patch titled
Subject: kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2-fix
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2-fix.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-fix.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: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2-fix
Date: Tue Sep 12 10:41:17 AM PDT 2023
document kthread_stop_put()'s argument
Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230912152030.34e9ac3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kthread.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/kernel/kthread.c~kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2-fix
+++ a/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
/**
* kthread_stop_put - stop a thread and put its task struct
+ * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
*
* Stops a thread created by kthread_create() and put its task_struct.
* Only use when holding an extra task struct reference obtained by
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-shmem-fix-race-in-shmem_undo_range-w-thp-fix.patch
revert-scripts-gdb-symbols-add-specific-ko-module-load-command.patch
kthread-add-kthread_stop_put-v2-fix.patch
