Re: [PATCH] crypto: engine - Handle the kthread worker using the new API

[Herbert Xu]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 01:54:30PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> Use the new API to create and destroy the crypto engine kthread
> worker. The API hides some implementation details.
> 
> In particular, kthread_create_worker() allocates and initializes
> struct kthread_worker. It runs the kthread the right way
> and stores task_struct into the worker structure.
> 
> kthread_destroy_worker() flushes all pending works, stops
> the kthread and frees the structure.
> 
> This patch does not change the existing behavior except for
> dynamically allocating struct kthread_worker and storing
> only the pointer of this structure.
> 
> It is compile tested only because I did not find an easy
> way how to run the code. Well, it should be pretty safe
> given the nature of the change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt