[PATCH] USB: khubd: use kthread API

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 32ff32181852..c3e46d24a37e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 #include <linux/usbdevice_fs.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -47,8 +48,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(hub_event_list);	/* List of hubs needing servicing */
 /* Wakes up khubd */
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(khubd_wait);
 
-static pid_t khubd_pid = 0;                     /* PID of khubd */
-static DECLARE_COMPLETION(khubd_exited);
+static struct task_struct *khubd_task;
 
 /* cycle leds on hubs that aren't blinking for attention */
 static int blinkenlights = 0;
@@ -2807,23 +2807,16 @@ loop:
 
 static int hub_thread(void *__unused)
 {
-        /*
-         * This thread doesn't need any user-level access,
-         * so get rid of all our resources
-         */
-
-        daemonize("khubd");
-        allow_signal(SIGKILL);
-
-        /* Send me a signal to get me die (for debugging) */
         do {
                 hub_events();
-                wait_event_interruptible(khubd_wait, !list_empty(&hub_event_list)); 
+                wait_event_interruptible(khubd_wait,
+                                !list_empty(&hub_event_list) ||
+                                kthread_should_stop());
                 try_to_freeze();
-        } while (!signal_pending(current));
+        } while (!kthread_should_stop() || !list_empty(&hub_event_list));
 
-        pr_debug ("%s: khubd exiting\n", usbcore_name);
-        complete_and_exit(&khubd_exited, 0);
+        pr_debug("%s: khubd exiting\n", usbcore_name);
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static struct usb_device_id hub_id_table [] = {
@@ -2849,20 +2842,15 @@ static struct usb_driver hub_driver = {
 
 int usb_hub_init(void)
 {
-        pid_t pid;
-
         if (usb_register(&hub_driver) < 0) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: can't register hub driver\n",
                         usbcore_name);
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        pid = kernel_thread(hub_thread, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL);
-        if (pid >= 0) {
-                khubd_pid = pid;
-
+        khubd_task = kthread_run(hub_thread, NULL, "khubd");
+        if (!IS_ERR(khubd_task))
                 return 0;
-        }
 
         /* Fall through if kernel_thread failed */
         usb_deregister(&hub_driver);
@@ -2873,12 +2861,7 @@ int usb_hub_init(void)
 
 void usb_hub_cleanup(void)
 {
-        int ret;
-
-        /* Kill the thread */
-        ret = kill_proc(khubd_pid, SIGKILL, 1);
-
-        wait_for_completion(&khubd_exited);
+        kthread_stop(khubd_task);
 
         /*
          * Hub resources are freed for us by usb_deregister. It calls
@@ -2890,7 +2873,6 @@ void usb_hub_cleanup(void)
         usb_deregister(&hub_driver);
 } /* usb_hub_cleanup() */
 
-
 static int config_descriptors_changed(struct usb_device *udev)
 {
         unsigned                        index;