* [PATCH] Convert media-bay.c to use the kthread API
@ 2007-12-13 3:12 Paul Mackerras
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From: Paul Mackerras @ 2007-12-13 3:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linuxppc-dev
We aren't supposed to use kernel_thread directly in drivers any more,
and in fact using kthread_run is a bit simpler.
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
---
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c b/drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c
index 48d647a..080844b 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/ide.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <asm/prom.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
#define MB_DEBUG
-#define MB_IGNORE_SIGNALS
#ifdef MB_DEBUG
#define MBDBG(fmt, arg...) printk(KERN_INFO fmt , ## arg)
@@ -622,12 +622,7 @@ static int media_bay_task(void *x)
{
int i;
- strcpy(current->comm, "media-bay");
-#ifdef MB_IGNORE_SIGNALS
- sigfillset(¤t->blocked);
-#endif
-
- for (;;) {
+ while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
for (i = 0; i < media_bay_count; ++i) {
down(&media_bays[i].lock);
if (!media_bays[i].sleeping)
@@ -636,8 +631,6 @@ static int media_bay_task(void *x)
}
msleep_interruptible(MB_POLL_DELAY);
- if (signal_pending(current))
- return 0;
}
}
@@ -699,7 +692,7 @@ static int __devinit media_bay_attach(struct macio_dev *mdev, const struct of_de
/* Startup kernel thread */
if (i == 0)
- kernel_thread(media_bay_task, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL);
+ kthread_run(media_bay_task, NULL, "media-bay");
return 0;
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