linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] genirq: No need to check IRQTF

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Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2012 14:59:40 +0100
From:	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] genirq: No need to check IRQTF_DIED before stopping a
 thread handler

Since 63706172f332fd3f6e7458ebfb35fa6de9c21dc5 kthread_stop() is not
afraid of dead kernel threads. So no need to check if a thread is
alive before stopping it. These checks still were racy.

Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/irq/manage.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 0fa3ce9..3feab4a 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1106,8 +1106,7 @@ out_thread:
 		struct task_struct *t = new->thread;
 
 		new->thread = NULL;
-		if (likely(!test_bit(IRQTF_DIED, &new->thread_flags)))
-			kthread_stop(t);
+		kthread_stop(t);
 		put_task_struct(t);
 	}
 out_mput:
@@ -1217,8 +1216,7 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 #endif
 
 	if (action->thread) {
-		if (!test_bit(IRQTF_DIED, &action->thread_flags))
-			kthread_stop(action->thread);
+		kthread_stop(action->thread);
 		put_task_struct(action->thread);
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.7.6

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