Re: [PATCH 1/15] EDAC: switch to kthread_ API

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Dave Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov> wrote:
>
>   		schedule_timeout((HZ * poll_msec) / 1000);
>   		try_to_freeze();
>  +		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);

schedule() and schedule_timeout*() always return in state TASK_RUNNING, so
I'll take that out of there.

We might as well use schedule_timeout_interruptible(), too.  As a bonus, we
get to delete that spelling mistake ;)


--- devel/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c~edac-switch-to-kthread_-api-tidy	2006-03-02 18:27:56.000000000 -0800
+++ devel-akpm/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c	2006-03-02 18:27:56.000000000 -0800
@@ -2042,13 +2042,9 @@ static int edac_kernel_thread(void *arg)
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		do_edac_check();
 
-		/* ensure we are interruptable */
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-
 		/* goto sleep for the interval */
-		schedule_timeout((HZ * poll_msec) / 1000);
+		schedule_timeout_interruptible((HZ * poll_msec) / 1000);
 		try_to_freeze();
-		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
_

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