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    Subject[PATCH] mtd_blkdevs: Convert to use the kthread API
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    From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> - unquoted

    thread_run is used intead of kernel_thread, daemonize, and mucking
    around blocking signals directly.

    CC: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
    Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
    ---
    drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 19 +++++--------------
    1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

    diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
    index db7397c..ed71d5e 100644
    --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
    +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
    @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
    #include <linux/init.h>
    #include <linux/mutex.h>
    #include <linux/freezer.h>
    +#include <linux/kthread.h>
    #include <asm/uaccess.h>

    static LIST_HEAD(blktrans_majors);
    @@ -84,17 +85,6 @@ 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(&current->sighand->siglock);
    - sigfillset(&current->blocked);
    - recalc_sigpending();
    - spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
    -
    spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);

    while (!tr->blkcore_priv->exiting) {
    @@ -368,6 +358,7 @@ static struct mtd_notifier blktrans_notifier = {

    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
    @@ -406,13 +397,13 @@ int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr)
    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);
    --
    1.5.0.g53756
    -
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