Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:58:51 -0600
>> "Eric W. Biederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>>> This patch starts kbenpd using kthread_run replacing
>>> a combination of kernel_thread and daemonize. Making
>>> the code a little simpler and more maintainable.
>>>
>>>
>> while (!atomic_read(&s->killed)) {
>>
>> ho hum.
>
>
> yes. we need something like :
>
> - while (!atomic_read(&s->killed)) {
> + while (1) {
> try_to_freeze();
>
> set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
>
> + if (atomic_read(&s->killed))
> + break;
> +
>
> I have an old patch for this driver. I'll refresh it.
>
>>> + task = kthread_run(bnep_session, s, "kbnepd %s", dev->name);
>> It's unusual to have a kernel thread which has a space in its name. That
>> could trip up infufficient-defensive userspace tools.
>
> but we can't just change it, can we ? i could be used by a user space tool
> to check if the thread is running.
here's the refreshed version not taking into account the space in its
kernel thread name.
C.
Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Index: 2.6.21-rc6-mm1/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.21-rc6-mm1.orig/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
+++ 2.6.21-rc6-mm1/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <asm/unaligned.h>
@@ -473,16 +474,18 @@ static int bnep_session(void *arg)
BT_DBG("");
- daemonize("kbnepd %s", dev->name);
set_user_nice(current, -15);
init_waitqueue_entry(&wait, current);
add_wait_queue(sk->sk_sleep, &wait);
- while (!atomic_read(&s->killed)) {
+ while (1) {
try_to_freeze();
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (atomic_read(&s->killed))
+ break;
+
// RX
while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue))) {
skb_orphan(skb);
@@ -539,6 +542,7 @@ static struct device *bnep_get_device(st
int bnep_add_connection(struct bnep_connadd_req *req, struct socket *sock)
{
+ struct task_struct *task;
struct net_device *dev;
struct bnep_session *s, *ss;
u8 dst[ETH_ALEN], src[ETH_ALEN];
@@ -598,9 +602,10 @@ int bnep_add_connection(struct bnep_conn
__bnep_link_session(s);
- err = kernel_thread(bnep_session, s, CLONE_KERNEL);
- if (err < 0) {
- /* Session thread start failed, gotta cleanup. */
+ task = kthread_run(bnep_session, s, "kbnepd %s", dev->name);
+ if (IS_ERR(task)) {
+ /* Session thread start failed, gotta cleanup. */
+ err = PTR_ERR(task);
unregister_netdev(dev);
__bnep_unlink_session(s);
goto failed;
-
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