Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2021-10-27

Re: [PATCH] vhost: Make use of the helper macro kthread_run()

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2021-10-27 20:02:19
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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 <redacted>
Pls check how this interacts with Mike Christie's patches.
Pls fix up the typo in the commit log.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
 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
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