#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <asm/semaphore.h>
/*
/* Thread stopping is done by setthing this var: lock serializes
* multiple kthread_stop calls. */
-static DECLARE_MUTEX(kthread_stop_lock);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(kthread_stop_lock);
static struct kthread_stop_info kthread_stop_info;
int kthread_should_stop(void)
create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
} else {
wait_for_completion(&create->started);
+ read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
create->result = find_task_by_pid(pid);
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
}
complete(&create->done);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
+{
+ return kthread_stop_sem(k, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
+
+int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s)
{
int ret;
- down(&kthread_stop_lock);
+ mutex_lock(&kthread_stop_lock);
/* It could exit after stop_info.k set, but before wake_up_process. */
get_task_struct(k);
/* Now set kthread_should_stop() to true, and wake it up. */
kthread_stop_info.k = k;
- wake_up_process(k);
+ if (s)
+ up(s);
+ else
+ wake_up_process(k);
put_task_struct(k);
/* Once it dies, reset stop ptr, gather result and we're done. */
wait_for_completion(&kthread_stop_info.done);
kthread_stop_info.k = NULL;
ret = kthread_stop_info.err;
- up(&kthread_stop_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&kthread_stop_lock);
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop_sem);
static __init int helper_init(void)
{