linux-kernel - [PATCH] security: tomoyo: simplify the gc kthread creation

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 21:37:53 -0700
From:	Mike Danese <mikedanese@...gle.com>
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Cc:	Mike Danese <mikedanese@...gle.com>,
	Kentaro Takeda <takedakn@...data.co.jp>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org (open list:SECURITY SUBSYSTEM),
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] security: tomoyo: simplify the gc kthread creation

The code is doing the equivalent of the kthread_run macro.

Signed-off-by: Mike Danese <mikedanese@...gle.com>
---
 security/tomoyo/gc.c | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/tomoyo/gc.c b/security/tomoyo/gc.c
index 986a6a7..540bc29 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/gc.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/gc.c
@@ -645,11 +645,6 @@ void tomoyo_notify_gc(struct tomoyo_io_buffer *head, const bool is_register)
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&tomoyo_io_buffer_list_lock);
-	if (is_write) {
-		struct task_struct *task = kthread_create(tomoyo_gc_thread,
-							  NULL,
-							  "GC for TOMOYO");
-		if (!IS_ERR(task))
-			wake_up_process(task);
-	}
+	if (is_write)
+		kthread_run(tomoyo_gc_thread, NULL, "GC for TOMOYO");
 }
-- 
2.5.0