The patch titled
mtd_blkdevs: convert to use the kthread API
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mtd_blkdevs-convert-to-use-the-kthread-api.patch
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Subject: mtd_blkdevs: convert to use the kthread API
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
kthread_run is used intead of kernel_thread, daemonize, and mucking around
blocking signals directly.
akpm: needs to be converted to kthread_should_stop() and kthread_stop(), too.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 19 +++++--------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c~mtd_blkdevs-convert-to-use-the-kthread-api drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c~mtd_blkdevs-convert-to-use-the-kthread-api
+++ a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/mtd/blktrans.h>
#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
@@ -83,17 +84,6 @@ static int mtd_blktrans_thread(void *arg
/* we might get involved when memory gets low, so use PF_MEMALLOC */
current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_NOFREEZE;
- daemonize("%sd", tr->name);
-
- /* daemonize() doesn't do this for us since some kernel threads
- actually want to deal with signals. We can't just call
- exit_sighand() since that'll cause an oops when we finally
- do exit. */
- spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
- sigfillset(¤t->blocked);
- recalc_sigpending();
- spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
-
spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
while (!tr->blkcore_priv->exiting) {
@@ -365,6 +355,7 @@ static struct mtd_notifier blktrans_noti
int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr)
{
+ struct task_struct *task;
int ret, i;
/* Register the notifier if/when the first device type is
@@ -403,13 +394,13 @@ int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blk
blk_queue_hardsect_size(tr->blkcore_priv->rq, tr->blksize);
tr->blkshift = ffs(tr->blksize) - 1;
- ret = kernel_thread(mtd_blktrans_thread, tr, CLONE_KERNEL);
- if (ret < 0) {
+ task = kthread_run(mtd_blktrans_thread, tr, "%sd", tr->name);
+ if (IS_ERR(task)) {
blk_cleanup_queue(tr->blkcore_priv->rq);
unregister_blkdev(tr->major, tr->name);
kfree(tr->blkcore_priv);
mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
- return ret;
+ return PTR_ERR(task);
}
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr->devs);
_
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