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| author |   Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-09-15 10:27:31 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-09-15 10:27:31 +0200 |
| commit | 3aabae7d9dfaed60effe93662f02c19bafc18537 (patch) | |
| tree | af94cdd69add07601d9f3f5988dfc1dc255e3886 /mm/backing-dev.c | |
| parent | tracing: Remove leftover FTRACE_ENABLE/DISABLE_MCOUNT enums (diff) | |
| parent | tracing: Fix reading of set_ftrace_filter across lists (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'tip/perf/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into perf/core
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index eaa4a5bbe063..c2bf86f470ed 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -445,8 +445,8 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr) switch (action) { case FORK_THREAD: __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); - task = kthread_run(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb, "flush-%s", - dev_name(bdi->dev)); + task = kthread_create(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb, + "flush-%s", dev_name(bdi->dev)); if (IS_ERR(task)) { /* * If thread creation fails, force writeout of @@ -457,10 +457,13 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr) /* * The spinlock makes sure we do not lose * wake-ups when racing with 'bdi_queue_work()'. + * And as soon as the bdi thread is visible, we + * can start it. */ spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); bdi->wb.task = task; spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); + wake_up_process(task); } break; |