[PATCH] w1: use kthread_ API

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>]

Use the kthread_ API instead of opencoding lots of hairy code for kernel
thread creation and teardown.


Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/w1/w1.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/w1/w1.c	2006-01-05 16:43:19.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/w1/w1.c	2006-02-14 18:01:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
@@ -57,9 +58,7 @@
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(w1_mlock);
 LIST_HEAD(w1_masters);
 
-static pid_t control_thread;
-static int control_needs_exit;
-static DECLARE_COMPLETION(w1_control_complete);
+static struct task_struct *w1_control_thread;
 
 static int w1_master_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 {
@@ -712,22 +711,16 @@
 {
 	struct w1_slave *sl, *sln;
 	struct w1_master *dev, *n;
-	int err, have_to_wait = 0;
+	int have_to_wait = 0;
 
-	daemonize("w1_control");
-	allow_signal(SIGTERM);
-
-	while (!control_needs_exit || have_to_wait) {
+	while (!kthread_should_stop() || have_to_wait) {
 		have_to_wait = 0;
 
 		try_to_freeze();
 		msleep_interruptible(w1_control_timeout * 1000);
 
-		if (signal_pending(current))
-			flush_signals(current);
-
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, n, &w1_masters, w1_master_entry) {
-			if (!control_needs_exit && !dev->flags)
+			if (!kthread_should_stop() && !dev->flags)
 				continue;
 			/*
 			 * Little race: we can create thread but not set the flag.
@@ -738,18 +731,9 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (control_needs_exit) {
-				set_bit(W1_MASTER_NEED_EXIT, &dev->flags);
+			if (kthread_should_stop()) {
+				kthread_stop(dev->thread);
 
-				err = kill_proc(dev->kpid, SIGTERM, 1);
-				if (err)
-					dev_err(&dev->dev,
-						 "Failed to send signal to w1 kernel thread %d.\n",
-						 dev->kpid);
-			}
-
-			if (test_bit(W1_MASTER_NEED_EXIT, &dev->flags)) {
-				wait_for_completion(&dev->dev_exited);
 				spin_lock_bh(&w1_mlock);
 				list_del(&dev->w1_master_entry);
 				spin_unlock_bh(&w1_mlock);
@@ -784,7 +768,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	complete_and_exit(&w1_control_complete, 0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int w1_process(void *data)
@@ -792,17 +776,11 @@
 	struct w1_master *dev = (struct w1_master *) data;
 	struct w1_slave *sl, *sln;
 
-	daemonize("%s", dev->name);
-	allow_signal(SIGTERM);
-
-	while (!test_bit(W1_MASTER_NEED_EXIT, &dev->flags)) {
+	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		try_to_freeze();
 		msleep_interruptible(w1_timeout * 1000);
 
-		if (signal_pending(current))
-			flush_signals(current);
-
-		if (test_bit(W1_MASTER_NEED_EXIT, &dev->flags))
+		if (kthread_should_stop())
 			break;
 
 		if (!dev->initialized)
@@ -835,8 +813,6 @@
 	}
 
 	atomic_dec(&dev->refcnt);
-	complete_and_exit(&dev->dev_exited, 0);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -868,11 +844,11 @@
 		goto err_out_master_unregister;
 	}
 
-	control_thread = kernel_thread(&w1_control, NULL, 0);
-	if (control_thread < 0) {
+	w1_control_thread = kthread_run(w1_control, NULL, "w1_control");
+	if (IS_ERR(w1_control_thread)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(w1_control_thread);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create control thread. err=%d\n",
-			control_thread);
-		retval = control_thread;
+			retval);
 		goto err_out_slave_unregister;
 	}
 
@@ -898,8 +874,7 @@
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, &w1_masters, w1_master_entry)
 		__w1_remove_master_device(dev);
 
-	control_needs_exit = 1;
-	wait_for_completion(&w1_control_complete);
+	kthread_stop(w1_control_thread);
 
 	driver_unregister(&w1_slave_driver);
 	driver_unregister(&w1_master_driver);
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/w1/w1.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/w1/w1.h	2005-12-27 18:30:31.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/w1/w1.h	2006-02-14 18:01:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@
 	void		(*search)(unsigned long, w1_slave_found_callback);
 };
 
-#define W1_MASTER_NEED_EXIT		0
 #define W1_MASTER_NEED_RECONNECT	1
 
 struct w1_master
@@ -172,12 +171,11 @@
 
 	long			flags;
 
-	pid_t			kpid;
+	struct task_struct	*thread;
 	struct semaphore	mutex;
 
 	struct device_driver	*driver;
 	struct device		dev;
-	struct completion	dev_exited;
 
 	struct w1_bus_master	*bus_master;
 
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/w1/w1_int.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/w1/w1_int.c	2005-12-27 18:30:31.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/w1/w1_int.c	2006-02-14 18:02:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 #include "w1.h"
 #include "w1_log.h"
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@
 	dev->max_slave_count	= slave_count;
 	dev->slave_count	= 0;
 	dev->attempts		= 0;
-	dev->kpid		= -1;
 	dev->initialized	= 0;
 	dev->id			= id;
 	dev->slave_ttl		= slave_ttl;
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->slist);
 	init_MUTEX(&dev->mutex);
 
-	init_completion(&dev->dev_exited);
-
 	memcpy(&dev->dev, device, sizeof(struct device));
 	snprintf(dev->dev.bus_id, sizeof(dev->dev.bus_id),
 		  "w1_bus_master%u", dev->id);
@@ -125,12 +123,12 @@
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	dev->kpid = kernel_thread(&w1_process, dev, 0);
-	if (dev->kpid < 0) {
+	dev->thread = kthread_run(&w1_process, dev, "%s", dev->name);
+	if (IS_ERR(dev->thread)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(dev->thread);
 		dev_err(&dev->dev,
 			 "Failed to create new kernel thread. err=%d\n",
-			 dev->kpid);
-		retval = dev->kpid;
+			 retval);
 		goto err_out_free_dev;
 	}
 
@@ -147,20 +145,14 @@
 	spin_unlock(&w1_mlock);
 
 	msg.id.mst.id = dev->id;
-	msg.id.mst.pid = dev->kpid;
+	msg.id.mst.pid = dev->thread->pid;
 	msg.type = W1_MASTER_ADD;
 	w1_netlink_send(dev, &msg);
 
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_kill_thread:
-	set_bit(W1_MASTER_NEED_EXIT, &dev->flags);
-	if (kill_proc(dev->kpid, SIGTERM, 1))
-		dev_err(&dev->dev,
-			 "Failed to send signal to w1 kernel thread %d.\n",
-			 dev->kpid);
-	wait_for_completion(&dev->dev_exited);
-
+	kthread_stop(dev->thread);
 err_out_free_dev:
 	w1_free_dev(dev);
 
@@ -169,15 +161,10 @@
 
 void __w1_remove_master_device(struct w1_master *dev)
 {
-	int err;
 	struct w1_netlink_msg msg;
+	pid_t pid = dev->thread->pid;
 
-	set_bit(W1_MASTER_NEED_EXIT, &dev->flags);
-	err = kill_proc(dev->kpid, SIGTERM, 1);
-	if (err)
-		dev_err(&dev->dev,
-			 "%s: Failed to send signal to w1 kernel thread %d.\n",
-			 __func__, dev->kpid);
+	kthread_stop(dev->thread);
 
 	while (atomic_read(&dev->refcnt)) {
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "Waiting for %s to become free: refcnt=%d.\n",
@@ -188,7 +175,7 @@
 	}
 
 	msg.id.mst.id = dev->id;
-	msg.id.mst.pid = dev->kpid;
+	msg.id.mst.pid = pid;
 	msg.type = W1_MASTER_REMOVE;
 	w1_netlink_send(dev, &msg);
 
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