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+/* uisthread.c
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2010 - 2013 UNISYS CORPORATION
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
+ * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ */
+
+/* @ALL_INSPECTED */
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <linux/signal.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include "uniklog.h"
+#include "uisutils.h"
+#include "uisthread.h"
+
+#define KILL(a, b, c) kill_pid(find_vpid(a), b, c)
+
+/* this is shorter than using __FILE__ (full path name) in
+ * debug/info/error messages
+ */
+#define CURRENT_FILE_PC UISLIB_PC_uisthread_c
+#define __MYFILE__ "uisthread.c"
+
+/*****************************************************/
+/* Exported functions                                */
+/*****************************************************/
+
+/* returns 0 for failure, 1 for success */
+int
+uisthread_start(struct uisthread_info *thrinfo,
+		int (*threadfn)(void *), void *thrcontext, char *name)
+{
+	thrinfo->should_stop = 0;
+	/* used to stop the thread */
+	init_completion(&thrinfo->has_stopped);
+	thrinfo->task = kthread_create(threadfn, thrcontext, name, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(thrinfo->task)) {
+		thrinfo->id = 0;
+		return 0;	/* failure */
+	}
+	thrinfo->id = thrinfo->task->pid;
+	wake_up_process(thrinfo->task);
+	LOGINF("started thread pid:%d\n", thrinfo->id);
+	return 1;
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uisthread_start);
+
+void
+uisthread_stop(struct uisthread_info *thrinfo)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int stopped = 0;
+	if (thrinfo->id == 0)
+		return;		/* thread not running */
+
+	LOGINF("uisthread_stop stopping id:%d\n", thrinfo->id);
+	thrinfo->should_stop = 1;
+	ret = KILL(thrinfo->id, SIGHUP, 1);
+	if (ret) {
+		LOGERR("unable to signal thread %d\n", ret);
+	} else {
+		/* give up if the thread has NOT died in 1 minute */
+		if (wait_for_completion_timeout(&thrinfo->has_stopped, 60 * HZ))
+			stopped = 1;
+		else
+			LOGERR("timed out trying to signal thread\n");
+	}
+	if (stopped) {
+		LOGINF("uisthread_stop stopped id:%d\n", thrinfo->id);
+		thrinfo->id = 0;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uisthread_stop);