- kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110.patch removed from -mm tree

- kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110.patch removed from -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     kthread API conversion for dvb_frontend and av7110
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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Subject: kthread API conversion for dvb_frontend and av7110
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>

dvb kernel_thread to kthread API port.  It is running fine here since
yesterday, including module load/unload and software suspend (which doesn't
work as expected with or without this patch :), I didn't convert the
dvb_ca_en50221 as I do not have such an interface, but if the conversion
process is fine with the v4l-dvb maintainers, it should not be a problem to
send a patch for that too ...

Signed-off-by: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Cc: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c |   69 ++++++--------------
 drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c          |   29 +++-----
 drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h          |    1 
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c~kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c~kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110
+++ a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
 #include "dvb_frontend.h"
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ struct dvb_frontend_private {
 	struct semaphore sem;
 	struct list_head list_head;
 	wait_queue_head_t wait_queue;
-	pid_t thread_pid;
+	struct task_struct *thread;
 	unsigned long release_jiffies;
 	unsigned int exit;
 	unsigned int wakeup;
@@ -508,19 +509,11 @@ static int dvb_frontend_thread(void *dat
 	struct dvb_frontend *fe = data;
 	struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
 	unsigned long timeout;
-	char name [15];
 	fe_status_t s;
 	struct dvb_frontend_parameters *params;
 
 	dprintk("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
-	snprintf (name, sizeof(name), "kdvb-fe-%i", fe->dvb->num);
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	daemonize(name);
-	sigfillset(&current->blocked);
-	unlock_kernel();
-
 	fepriv->check_wrapped = 0;
 	fepriv->quality = 0;
 	fepriv->delay = 3*HZ;
@@ -534,14 +527,16 @@ static int dvb_frontend_thread(void *dat
 		up(&fepriv->sem);	    /* is locked when we enter the thread... */
 
 		timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(fepriv->wait_queue,
-							   dvb_frontend_should_wakeup(fe),
-							   fepriv->delay);
-		if (0 != dvb_frontend_is_exiting(fe)) {
+			dvb_frontend_should_wakeup(fe) || kthread_should_stop(),
+			fepriv->delay);
+
+		if (kthread_should_stop() || dvb_frontend_is_exiting(fe)) {
 			/* got signal or quitting */
 			break;
 		}
 
-		try_to_freeze();
+		if (try_to_freeze())
+			continue;
 
 		if (down_interruptible(&fepriv->sem))
 			break;
@@ -591,7 +586,7 @@ static int dvb_frontend_thread(void *dat
 			fe->ops.sleep(fe);
 	}
 
-	fepriv->thread_pid = 0;
+	fepriv->thread = NULL;
 	mb();
 
 	dvb_frontend_wakeup(fe);
@@ -600,7 +595,6 @@ static int dvb_frontend_thread(void *dat
 
 static void dvb_frontend_stop(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 {
-	unsigned long ret;
 	struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
 
 	dprintk ("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
@@ -608,33 +602,17 @@ static void dvb_frontend_stop(struct dvb
 	fepriv->exit = 1;
 	mb();
 
-	if (!fepriv->thread_pid)
+	if (!fepriv->thread)
 		return;
 
-	/* check if the thread is really alive */
-	if (kill_proc(fepriv->thread_pid, 0, 1) == -ESRCH) {
-		printk("dvb_frontend_stop: thread PID %d already died\n",
-				fepriv->thread_pid);
-		/* make sure the mutex was not held by the thread */
-		init_MUTEX (&fepriv->sem);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* wake up the frontend thread, so it notices that fe->exit == 1 */
-	dvb_frontend_wakeup(fe);
-
-	/* wait until the frontend thread has exited */
-	ret = wait_event_interruptible(fepriv->wait_queue,0 == fepriv->thread_pid);
-	if (-ERESTARTSYS != ret) {
-		fepriv->state = FESTATE_IDLE;
-		return;
-	}
+	kthread_stop(fepriv->thread);
+	init_MUTEX (&fepriv->sem);
 	fepriv->state = FESTATE_IDLE;
 
 	/* paranoia check in case a signal arrived */
-	if (fepriv->thread_pid)
-		printk("dvb_frontend_stop: warning: thread PID %d won't exit\n",
-				fepriv->thread_pid);
+	if (fepriv->thread)
+		printk("dvb_frontend_stop: warning: thread %p won't exit\n",
+				fepriv->thread);
 }
 
 s32 timeval_usec_diff(struct timeval lasttime, struct timeval curtime)
@@ -684,10 +662,11 @@ static int dvb_frontend_start(struct dvb
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
+	struct task_struct *fe_thread;
 
 	dprintk ("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
-	if (fepriv->thread_pid) {
+	if (fepriv->thread) {
 		if (!fepriv->exit)
 			return 0;
 		else
@@ -701,18 +680,18 @@ static int dvb_frontend_start(struct dvb
 
 	fepriv->state = FESTATE_IDLE;
 	fepriv->exit = 0;
-	fepriv->thread_pid = 0;
+	fepriv->thread = NULL;
 	mb();
 
-	ret = kernel_thread (dvb_frontend_thread, fe, 0);
-
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		printk("dvb_frontend_start: failed to start kernel_thread (%d)\n", ret);
+	fe_thread = kthread_run(dvb_frontend_thread, fe,
+		"kdvb-fe-%i", fe->dvb->num);
+	if (IS_ERR(fe_thread)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(fe_thread);
+		printk("dvb_frontend_start: failed to start kthread (%d)\n", ret);
 		up(&fepriv->sem);
 		return ret;
 	}
-	fepriv->thread_pid = ret;
-
+	fepriv->thread = fe_thread;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff -puN drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c~kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110 drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c~kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110
+++ a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
@@ -223,11 +224,10 @@ static void recover_arm(struct av7110 *a
 
 static void av7110_arm_sync(struct av7110 *av7110)
 {
-	av7110->arm_rmmod = 1;
-	wake_up_interruptible(&av7110->arm_wait);
+	if (av7110->arm_thread)
+		kthread_stop(av7110->arm_thread);
 
-	while (av7110->arm_thread)
-		msleep(1);
+	av7110->arm_thread = NULL;
 }
 
 static int arm_thread(void *data)
@@ -238,17 +238,11 @@ static int arm_thread(void *data)
 
 	dprintk(4, "%p\n",av7110);
 
-	lock_kernel();
-	daemonize("arm_mon");
-	sigfillset(&current->blocked);
-	unlock_kernel();
-
-	av7110->arm_thread = current;
-
 	for (;;) {
 		timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(av7110->arm_wait,
-							   av7110->arm_rmmod, 5 * HZ);
-		if (-ERESTARTSYS == timeout || av7110->arm_rmmod) {
+			kthread_should_stop(), 5 * HZ);
+
+		if (-ERESTARTSYS == timeout || kthread_should_stop()) {
 			/* got signal or told to quit*/
 			break;
 		}
@@ -276,7 +270,6 @@ static int arm_thread(void *data)
 		av7110->arm_errors = 0;
 	}
 
-	av7110->arm_thread = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2338,6 +2331,7 @@ static int __devinit av7110_attach(struc
 	const int length = TS_WIDTH * TS_HEIGHT;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = dev->pci;
 	struct av7110 *av7110;
+	struct task_struct *thread;
 	int ret, count = 0;
 
 	dprintk(4, "dev: %p\n", dev);
@@ -2622,9 +2616,12 @@ static int __devinit av7110_attach(struc
 		printk ("dvb-ttpci: Warning, firmware version 0x%04x is too old. "
 			"System might be unstable!\n", FW_VERSION(av7110->arm_app));
 
-	ret = kernel_thread(arm_thread, (void *) av7110, 0);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	thread = kthread_run(arm_thread, (void *) av7110, "arm_mon");
+	if (IS_ERR(thread)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(thread);
 		goto err_stop_arm_9;
+	}
+	av7110->arm_thread = thread;
 
 	/* set initial volume in mixer struct */
 	av7110->mixer.volume_left  = volume;
diff -puN drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h~kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110 drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h~kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110
+++ a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.h
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ struct av7110 {
 	struct task_struct *arm_thread;
 	wait_queue_head_t   arm_wait;
 	u16		    arm_loops;
-	int		    arm_rmmod;
 
 	void		   *debi_virt;
 	dma_addr_t	    debi_bus;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from herbert@13thfloor.at are

git-dvb.patch
ipc-save-the-ipc-namespace-while-reading-proc-files.patch
sysctl-move-utsname-sysctls-to-their-own-file.patch
sysctl-move-sysv-ipc-sysctls-to-their-own-file.patch