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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 78 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 9c205274c1cb..8a7a3ab745aa 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();