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authorGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>2010-01-28 14:38:25 -0700
committerGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>2010-01-28 14:38:25 -0700
commit0ada0a73120c28cc432bcdbac061781465c2f48f (patch)
treed17cadd4ea47e25d9e48e7d409a39c84268fbd27 /mm/backing-dev.c
parent6016a363f6b56b46b24655bcfc0499b715851cf3 (diff)
parent92dcffb916d309aa01778bf8963a6932e4014d07 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.33-rc5' into secretlab/test-devicetree
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 11aee09dd2a..0e8ca034770 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -604,10 +604,14 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
/*
* Finally, kill the kernel threads. We don't need to be RCU
- * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility.
+ * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. Force
+ * unfreeze of the thread before calling kthread_stop(), otherwise
+ * it would never exet if it is currently stuck in the refrigerator.
*/
- list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list)
+ list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list) {
+ thaw_process(wb->task);
kthread_stop(wb->task);
+ }
}
/*