From: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - unquoted

To start the nfsv4-delegreturn thread this patch uses
kthread_run instead of a combination of kernel_thread
and daemonize.

In addition allow_signal(SIGKILL) is removed from
the expire delegations thread.

Cc: Neil Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 fs/nfs/delegation.c |   11 ++++-------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index 841c99a..7b9b88c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ int nfs_do_expire_all_delegations(void *ptr)
        struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
        struct inode *inode;
 
-       allow_signal(SIGKILL);
 restart:
        spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
        if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_STATE_RECOVER, &clp->cl_state) != 0)
@@ -310,8 +309,6 @@ static int recall_thread(void *data)
        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
        struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
 
-       daemonize("nfsv4-delegreturn");
-
        nfs_msync_inode(inode);
        down_read(&clp->cl_sem);
        down_write(&nfsi->rwsem);
@@ -350,18 +347,18 @@ int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode 
*inode, const nfs4_stateid *s
                .inode = inode,
                .stateid = stateid,
        };
-       int status;
+       struct task_struct *task;
 
        init_completion(&data.started);
        __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-       status = kernel_thread(recall_thread, &data, CLONE_KERNEL);
-       if (status < 0)
+       task = kthread_run(recall_thread, &data, "nfsv4-delegreturn");
+       if (IS_ERR(task))
                goto out_module_put;
        wait_for_completion(&data.started);
        return data.result;
 out_module_put:
        module_put(THIS_MODULE);
-       return status;
+       return PTR_ERR(task);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.5.0.g53756

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