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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index eaa4a5bbe063..c2bf86f470ed 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -445,8 +445,8 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr) switch (action) { case FORK_THREAD: __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); - task = kthread_run(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb, "flush-%s", - dev_name(bdi->dev)); + task = kthread_create(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb, + "flush-%s", dev_name(bdi->dev)); if (IS_ERR(task)) { /* * If thread creation fails, force writeout of @@ -457,10 +457,13 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr) /* * The spinlock makes sure we do not lose * wake-ups when racing with 'bdi_queue_work()'. + * And as soon as the bdi thread is visible, we + * can start it. */ spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); bdi->wb.task = task; spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); + wake_up_process(task); } break; |