* [PATCH] hwmon: (adt7470) No need for additional synchronization on kthread_stop()
@ 2016-09-16 8:07 Daniel Wagner
2016-09-18 17:10 ` Guenter Roeck
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Wagner @ 2016-09-16 8:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Daniel Wagner, Darrick J . Wong, Jean Delvare, Guenter Roeck,
linux-hwmon
From: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de>
The kthread_stop() waits for the thread to exit. There is no need for an
additional synchronization needed to join on the kthread.
The completation was added by 89fac11cb3e7 ("adt7470: make automatic fan
control really work").
Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de>
Cc: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org
---
drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c b/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
index f5da39a..f5d618c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ struct adt7470_data {
u8 pwm_auto_temp[ADT7470_PWM_COUNT];
struct task_struct *auto_update;
- struct completion auto_update_stop;
unsigned int auto_update_interval;
};
@@ -271,7 +270,6 @@ static int adt7470_update_thread(void *p)
msleep_interruptible(data->auto_update_interval);
}
- complete_all(&data->auto_update_stop);
return 0;
}
@@ -1256,7 +1254,6 @@ static int adt7470_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
if (IS_ERR(hwmon_dev))
return PTR_ERR(hwmon_dev);
- init_completion(&data->auto_update_stop);
data->auto_update = kthread_run(adt7470_update_thread, client, "%s",
dev_name(hwmon_dev));
if (IS_ERR(data->auto_update)) {
@@ -1271,7 +1268,6 @@ static int adt7470_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
struct adt7470_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
kthread_stop(data->auto_update);
- wait_for_completion(&data->auto_update_stop);
return 0;
}
--
2.7.4
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* Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (adt7470) No need for additional synchronization on kthread_stop()
2016-09-16 8:07 [PATCH] hwmon: (adt7470) No need for additional synchronization on kthread_stop() Daniel Wagner
@ 2016-09-18 17:10 ` Guenter Roeck
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Guenter Roeck @ 2016-09-18 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel Wagner, linux-kernel
Cc: Daniel Wagner, Darrick J . Wong, Jean Delvare, linux-hwmon
On 09/16/2016 01:07 AM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> From: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de>
>
> The kthread_stop() waits for the thread to exit. There is no need for an
> additional synchronization needed to join on the kthread.
>
> The completation was added by 89fac11cb3e7 ("adt7470: make automatic fan
> control really work").
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de>
> Cc: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org
Applied.
Thanks,
Guenter
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c b/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
> index f5da39a..f5d618c 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
> @@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ struct adt7470_data {
> u8 pwm_auto_temp[ADT7470_PWM_COUNT];
>
> struct task_struct *auto_update;
> - struct completion auto_update_stop;
> unsigned int auto_update_interval;
> };
>
> @@ -271,7 +270,6 @@ static int adt7470_update_thread(void *p)
> msleep_interruptible(data->auto_update_interval);
> }
>
> - complete_all(&data->auto_update_stop);
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1256,7 +1254,6 @@ static int adt7470_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> if (IS_ERR(hwmon_dev))
> return PTR_ERR(hwmon_dev);
>
> - init_completion(&data->auto_update_stop);
> data->auto_update = kthread_run(adt7470_update_thread, client, "%s",
> dev_name(hwmon_dev));
> if (IS_ERR(data->auto_update)) {
> @@ -1271,7 +1268,6 @@ static int adt7470_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
> struct adt7470_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
>
> kthread_stop(data->auto_update);
> - wait_for_completion(&data->auto_update_stop);
> return 0;
> }
>
>
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