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| author | Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de> | 2012-01-28 19:52:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de> | 2012-01-28 19:52:40 +0000 |
| commit | b20f86625de738658c74f2ecfe4050416d2252cc (patch) | |
| tree | b84216b70bd923409217834a953f983700e39eda /mm/backing-dev.c | |
| parent | 9f1065032ceb7e86c7c9f16bb86518857e88a172 (diff) | |
| parent | dcd6c92267155e70a94b3927bce681ce74b80d1f (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v3.3-rc1' into fbdev-next
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 71034f41a2b..7ba8feae11b 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -600,14 +600,10 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) /* * Finally, kill the kernel thread. We don't need to be RCU - * 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. + * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. */ - if (bdi->wb.task) { - thaw_process(bdi->wb.task); + if (bdi->wb.task) kthread_stop(bdi->wb.task); - } } /* |