linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init: Fix race between init and kthreadd -v3

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Message-ID: <AANLkTimM1IHPQY-Scjh7D4hCcPeJIemf6fpzn6lqBrn0@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:03:27 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Ilya Loginov <isloginov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: Fix race between init and kthreadd -v3

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
>
>  static int __init kernel_init(void * unused)
>  {
> +       /*
> +        * Wait until kthreadd is all set-up.
> +        */
> +       wait_for_completion(&kthreadd_done);
>        lock_kernel();

Ack. Looks sane.

                  Linus
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