kthread_run calls kthread_create and if the thread is created it then calls wake_up_process on the corresponding returned task struct. So the code can be simplified by calling just kthread_run.
Cc: Ken Cox <[email protected]> Cc: Benjamin Romer <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <[email protected]> --- drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c index 25adf1a..c5c68cb 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c @@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ uisthread_start(struct uisthread_info *thrinfo, thrinfo->should_stop = 0; /* used to stop the thread */ init_completion(&thrinfo->has_stopped); - thrinfo->task = kthread_create(threadfn, thrcontext, name, NULL); + thrinfo->task = kthread_run(threadfn, thrcontext, name); if (IS_ERR(thrinfo->task)) { thrinfo->id = 0; return 0; /* failure */ } thrinfo->id = thrinfo->task->pid; - wake_up_process(thrinfo->task); LOGINF("started thread pid:%d\n", thrinfo->id); return 1; } -- 1.9.3 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
