netdev - Re: [PATCH] vhost: Make use of the helper macro kthread

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Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:02:06 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@...du.com>
Cc:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost: Make use of the helper macro kthread_run()

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 04:44:06PM +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote:
> Repalce kthread_create/wake_up_process() with kthread_run()
> to simplify the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@...du.com>

Pls check how this interacts with Mike Christie's patches.
Pls fix up the typo in the commit log.

> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index 59edb5a1ffe2..e67bd5603b5f 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -595,15 +595,15 @@ long vhost_dev_set_owner(struct vhost_dev *dev)
>  
>  	dev->kcov_handle = kcov_common_handle();
>  	if (dev->use_worker) {
> -		worker = kthread_create(vhost_worker, dev,
> -					"vhost-%d", current->pid);
> +		/* avoid contributing to loadavg */

doesn't this comment have any value anymore?

> +		worker = kthread_run(vhost_worker, dev,
> +				     "vhost-%d", current->pid);
>  		if (IS_ERR(worker)) {
>  			err = PTR_ERR(worker);
>  			goto err_worker;
>  		}
>  
>  		dev->worker = worker;
> -		wake_up_process(worker); /* avoid contributing to loadavg */
>  
>  		err = vhost_attach_cgroups(dev);
>  		if (err)
> -- 
> 2.25.1