linux-kernel - kthread: update lockd to use kthread

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Message-ID: <44EEA5E5.6000509@fr.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:25:25 +0200
From:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: kthread: update lockd to use kthread

Convert lockd to use kthread rather than kernel_thread, which is deprecated.

Not sure how to test it.

Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc: nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net

---
 fs/lockd/clntlock.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: 2.6.18-rc4-mm2/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.18-rc4-mm2.orig/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
+++ 2.6.18-rc4-mm2/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>
 #include <linux/lockd/lockd.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>

 #define NLMDBG_FACILITY		NLMDBG_CLIENT

@@ -181,9 +182,12 @@ nlmclnt_recovery(struct nlm_host *host,
 		return;
 	host->h_nsmstate = newstate;
 	if (!host->h_reclaiming++) {
+		struct task_struct* task;
+
 		nlm_get_host(host);
 		__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-		if (kernel_thread(reclaimer, host, CLONE_KERNEL) < 0)
+		task = kthread_run(reclaimer, host, "%s-reclaim", host->h_name);
+		if (IS_ERR(task))
 			module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	}
 }
@@ -196,7 +200,6 @@ reclaimer(void *ptr)
 	struct file_lock *fl, *next;
 	u32 nsmstate;

-	daemonize("%s-reclaim", host->h_name);
 	allow_signal(SIGKILL);

 	/* This one ensures that our parent doesn't terminate while the

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