[Openipmi-developer] [PATCH v3 17/22] ipmi: Convert kipmi kthread into kthread worker API

Kthreads are currently implemented as an infinite loop. Each has its own variant of checks for terminating, freezing, awakening. In many cases it is unclear to say in which state it is and sometimes it is done a wrong way. The plan is to convert kthreads into kthread_worker or workqueues API. It

[Openipmi-developer] [RESEND PATCH] char: ipmi: Drop owner assignment from i2c_driver

i2c_driver does not need to set an owner because i2c_register_driver() will set it. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski --- The coccinelle script which generated the patch was sent here: http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2029903.html ---