1 files changed, 2 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 24be714b04c7..4f9c60ef95e8 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -216,23 +216,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
  */
 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
 {
-        return kthread_stop_sem(k, NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
-
-/**
- * kthread_stop_sem - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
- * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
- * @s: semaphore that @k waits on while idle.
- *
- * Does essentially the same thing as kthread_stop() above, but wakes
- * @k by calling up(@s).
- *
- * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
- * was never called.
- */
-int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s)
-{
         int ret;
 
         mutex_lock(&kthread_stop_lock);
@@ -246,10 +229,7 @@ int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s)
 
         /* Now set kthread_should_stop() to true, and wake it up. */
         kthread_stop_info.k = k;
-        if (s)
-                up(s);
-        else
-                wake_up_process(k);
+        wake_up_process(k);
         put_task_struct(k);
 
         /* Once it dies, reset stop ptr, gather result and we're done. */
@@ -260,7 +240,7 @@ int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s)
 
         return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop_sem);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
 
 static __init int helper_init(void)
 {