From: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This patch modifies the startup of eehd to use kthread_run
not a combination of kernel_thread and daemonize. Making
the code slightly simpler and more maintainable.
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
index 221dec8..fe7c2e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <asm/eeh_event.h>
#include <asm/ppc-pci.h>
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ static int eeh_event_handler(void * dummy)
struct eeh_event *event;
struct pci_dn *pdn;
- daemonize ("eehd");
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_lock_irqsave(&eeh_eventlist_lock, flags);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int eeh_event_handler(void * dummy)
*/
static void eeh_thread_launcher(struct work_struct *dummy)
{
- if (kernel_thread(eeh_event_handler, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL) < 0)
+ if (IS_ERR(kthread_run(eeh_event_handler, NULL, "eehd")))
printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to start EEH daemon\n");
}
--
1.5.0.g53756
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