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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpci_hotplug: Convert to use the kthread API
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 06:07:49PM -0400, Scott Murray wrote:
> Sorry, it took me a few days to get to testing this out. It looks good,
> but I had to make a couple of tweaks to avoid a hang when rmmod'ing a
> board driver. The board drivers do:
>
> cpci_hp_stop()
> cpci_hp_unregister_controller(controller)
>
> to shutdown, and the check in cpci_hp_unregister_controller if the thread
> is running wasn't working due to a bit too much code being excised. The
> result was kthread_stop being called twice, which hangs. I've indicated
> my changes to avoid this inline below.

Can you forward the patches with your fix to Andrew to make sure he
picks it up?

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