linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND] powerpc/eeh: remove eeh_event

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Message-ID: <20120222175703.GA10935@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:57:03 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas@...il.com>
Cc:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RESEND] powerpc/eeh: remove eeh_event_handler()->daemonize()

daemonize() is only needed when a user-space task does kernel_thread().

eeh_event_handler() thread is created by the worker kthread, and thus
it doesn't need the soon-to-be-deprecated daemonize().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas@...il.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
---

 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- 3.1/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c~3_daemonize_eeh	2011-04-06 21:33:42.000000000 +0200
+++ 3.1/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c	2011-08-16 21:03:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int eeh_event_handler(void * dumm
 	struct eeh_event	*event;
 	struct pci_dn *pdn;
 
-	daemonize ("eehd");
+	set_task_comm(current, "eehd");
 	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&eeh_eventlist_lock, flags);

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