USB: usbatm: convert heavy init dances to kthread API
authorPavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:26:09 +0000 (15:26 +0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:16:34 +0000 (21:16 -0700)
This is an attempt to kill two birds with one stone.

First, we kill one more user of kernel_thread, which is scheduled
for removal. Second - we kill one of the last users of kill_proc -
the function which is also to be removed, because it uses a pid_t
which is not safe now.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.h

index e717f5b1caeeedeadbf51634726356311faa4c95..07228721cafebda10100d3a1631d16473a8a6760 100644 (file)
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 #ifdef VERBOSE_DEBUG
 static int usbatm_print_packet(const unsigned char *data, int len);
@@ -1014,10 +1015,7 @@ static int usbatm_do_heavy_init(void *arg)
        struct usbatm_data *instance = arg;
        int ret;
 
-       daemonize(instance->driver->driver_name);
        allow_signal(SIGTERM);
-       instance->thread_pid = current->pid;
-
        complete(&instance->thread_started);
 
        ret = instance->driver->heavy_init(instance, instance->usb_intf);
@@ -1026,7 +1024,7 @@ static int usbatm_do_heavy_init(void *arg)
                ret = usbatm_atm_init(instance);
 
        mutex_lock(&instance->serialize);
-       instance->thread_pid = -1;
+       instance->thread = NULL;
        mutex_unlock(&instance->serialize);
 
        complete_and_exit(&instance->thread_exited, ret);
@@ -1034,13 +1032,18 @@ static int usbatm_do_heavy_init(void *arg)
 
 static int usbatm_heavy_init(struct usbatm_data *instance)
 {
-       int ret = kernel_thread(usbatm_do_heavy_init, instance, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
-
-       if (ret < 0) {
-               usb_err(instance, "%s: failed to create kernel_thread (%d)!\n", __func__, ret);
-               return ret;
+       struct task_struct *t;
+
+       t = kthread_create(usbatm_do_heavy_init, instance,
+                       instance->driver->driver_name);
+       if (IS_ERR(t)) {
+               usb_err(instance, "%s: failed to create kernel_thread (%ld)!\n",
+                               __func__, PTR_ERR(t));
+               return PTR_ERR(t);
        }
 
+       instance->thread = t;
+       wake_up_process(t);
        wait_for_completion(&instance->thread_started);
 
        return 0;
@@ -1124,7 +1127,7 @@ int usbatm_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id,
        kref_init(&instance->refcount);         /* dropped in usbatm_usb_disconnect */
        mutex_init(&instance->serialize);
 
-       instance->thread_pid = -1;
+       instance->thread = NULL;
        init_completion(&instance->thread_started);
        init_completion(&instance->thread_exited);
 
@@ -1287,8 +1290,8 @@ void usbatm_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 
        mutex_lock(&instance->serialize);
        instance->disconnected = 1;
-       if (instance->thread_pid >= 0)
-               kill_proc(instance->thread_pid, SIGTERM, 1);
+       if (instance->thread != NULL)
+               send_sig(SIGTERM, instance->thread, 1);
        mutex_unlock(&instance->serialize);
 
        wait_for_completion(&instance->thread_exited);
index fc6c2be5999c04574e506db1b01f80b07857db6f..e6887c6cf3cf5a26b7401ca4b7477b001df18b01 100644 (file)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ struct usbatm_data {
        int disconnected;
 
        /* heavy init */
-       int thread_pid;
+       struct task_struct *thread;
        struct completion thread_started;
        struct completion thread_exited;