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author | Dave Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov> | 2006-03-26 01:38:38 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-26 08:57:06 -0800 |
commit | f2fe42abbf0d99a8c4b96f1cc55db10ac35d2fb9 (patch) | |
tree | 82e748a5b000b8e68135a50a153a1721d4666e65 /drivers/edac | |
parent | dac5bafa3521a10a42a470ab612cd2bbc12d4203 (diff) | |
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[PATCH] EDAC: switch to kthread_ API
This patch was originally posted by Christoph Hellwig (see
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/14/331):
"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@lst.de> wrote:
> Use the kthread_ API instead of opencoding lots of hairy code for kernel
> thread creation and teardown, including tasklist_lock abuse.
>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov>
Cc: <dave_peterson@pobox.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/edac')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/edac/edac_mc.c | 88 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 78 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c index 9c205274c1c..8a7a3ab745a 100644 --- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/sysdev.h> #include <linux/ctype.h> +#include <linux/kthread.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <asm/page.h> @@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ static atomic_t pci_parity_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0); static DECLARE_MUTEX(mem_ctls_mutex); static struct list_head mc_devices = LIST_HEAD_INIT(mc_devices); +static struct task_struct *edac_thread; + /* Structure of the whitelist and blacklist arrays */ struct edac_pci_device_list { unsigned int vendor; /* Vendor ID */ @@ -2073,7 +2076,6 @@ static inline void check_mc_devices (void) */ static void do_edac_check(void) { - debugf3("MC: " __FILE__ ": %s()\n", __func__); check_mc_devices(); @@ -2081,62 +2083,16 @@ static void do_edac_check(void) do_pci_parity_check(); } - -/* - * EDAC thread state information - */ -struct bs_thread_info -{ - struct task_struct *task; - struct completion *event; - char *name; - void (*run)(void); -}; - -static struct bs_thread_info bs_thread; - -/* - * edac_kernel_thread - * This the kernel thread that processes edac operations - * in a normal thread environment - */ static int edac_kernel_thread(void *arg) { - struct bs_thread_info *thread = (struct bs_thread_info *) arg; - - /* detach thread */ - daemonize(thread->name); - - current->exit_signal = SIGCHLD; - allow_signal(SIGKILL); - thread->task = current; - - /* indicate to starting task we have started */ - complete(thread->event); - - /* loop forever, until we are told to stop */ - while(thread->run != NULL) { - void (*run)(void); - - /* call the function to check the memory controllers */ - run = thread->run; - if (run) - run(); - - if (signal_pending(current)) - flush_signals(current); - - /* ensure we are interruptable */ - set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); + while (!kthread_should_stop()) { + do_edac_check(); /* goto sleep for the interval */ - schedule_timeout((HZ * poll_msec) / 1000); + schedule_timeout_interruptible((HZ * poll_msec) / 1000); try_to_freeze(); } - /* notify waiter that we are exiting */ - complete(thread->event); - return 0; } @@ -2146,9 +2102,6 @@ static int edac_kernel_thread(void *arg) */ static int __init edac_mc_init(void) { - int ret; - struct completion event; - printk(KERN_INFO "MC: " __FILE__ " version " EDAC_MC_VERSION "\n"); /* @@ -2176,24 +2129,15 @@ static int __init edac_mc_init(void) return -ENODEV; } - /* Create our kernel thread */ - init_completion(&event); - bs_thread.event = &event; - bs_thread.name = "kedac"; - bs_thread.run = do_edac_check; - /* create our kernel thread */ - ret = kernel_thread(edac_kernel_thread, &bs_thread, CLONE_KERNEL); - if (ret < 0) { + edac_thread = kthread_run(edac_kernel_thread, NULL, "kedac"); + if (IS_ERR(edac_thread)) { /* remove the sysfs entries */ edac_sysfs_memctrl_teardown(); edac_sysfs_pci_teardown(); - return -ENOMEM; + return PTR_ERR(edac_thread); } - /* wait for our kernel theard ack that it is up and running */ - wait_for_completion(&event); - return 0; } @@ -2204,21 +2148,9 @@ static int __init edac_mc_init(void) */ static void __exit edac_mc_exit(void) { - struct completion event; - debugf0("MC: " __FILE__ ": %s()\n", __func__); - init_completion(&event); - bs_thread.event = &event; - - /* As soon as ->run is set to NULL, the task could disappear, - * so we need to hold tasklist_lock until we have sent the signal - */ - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); - bs_thread.run = NULL; - send_sig(SIGKILL, bs_thread.task, 1); - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); - wait_for_completion(&event); + kthread_stop(edac_thread); /* tear down the sysfs device */ edac_sysfs_memctrl_teardown(); |