Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] media: ivtv: convert to kthread_run_worker

[Bradley Morgan]

On 4 September 2026 10:37:53 BST, Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Convert ivtv to use kthread_run_worker() instead of the deprecated
>kthread_run(kthread_worker_fn) pattern. The new API sets worker->task
>before the worker starts.

This doesn't compile, I'm aware. Fixing in V3, everything else should
compile.

Received a off list mail from the CI.


>
>Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c | 14 ++++++--------
> drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.h |  3 +--
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
>index b9ea56ec9593..6f0e0e46deb5 100644
>--- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
>+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
>@@ -703,15 +703,13 @@ static int ivtv_init_struct1(struct ivtv *itv)
> 	spin_lock_init(&itv->lock);
> 	spin_lock_init(&itv->dma_reg_lock);
> 
>-	kthread_init_worker(&itv->irq_worker);
>-	itv->irq_worker_task = kthread_run(kthread_worker_fn, &itv->irq_worker,
>-					   "%s", itv->v4l2_dev.name);
>-	if (IS_ERR(itv->irq_worker_task)) {
>+	itv->irq_worker = kthread_run_worker(0, "%s", itv->v4l2_dev.name);
>+	if (IS_ERR(itv->irq_worker)) {
> 		IVTV_ERR("Could not create ivtv task\n");
> 		return -1;
> 	}
> 	/* must use the FIFO scheduler as it is realtime sensitive */
>-	sched_set_fifo(itv->irq_worker_task);
>+	sched_set_fifo(itv->irq_worker->task);
> 
> 	kthread_init_work(&itv->irq_work, ivtv_irq_work_handler);
> 
>@@ -1232,7 +1230,7 @@ static int ivtv_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pci_id)
> 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&itv->cxhdl.hdl);
> 	exit_ivtv_i2c(itv);
> free_worker:
>-	kthread_stop(itv->irq_worker_task);
>+	kthread_destroy_worker(itv->irq_worker);
> err:
> 	if (retval == 0)
> 		retval = -ENODEV;
>@@ -1372,8 +1370,8 @@ static void ivtv_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> 	timer_shutdown_sync(&itv->dma_timer);
> 
> 	/* Kill irq worker */
>-	kthread_flush_worker(&itv->irq_worker);
>-	kthread_stop(itv->irq_worker_task);
>+	kthread_flush_worker(itv->irq_worker);
>+	kthread_destroy_worker(itv->irq_worker);
> 
> 	ivtv_streams_cleanup(itv);
> 	ivtv_udma_free(itv);
>diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.h b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.h
>index 000e8beecc7c..091bc44f13bc 100644
>--- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.h
>+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-driver.h
>@@ -668,8 +668,7 @@ struct ivtv {
> 	/* Interrupts & DMA */
> 	u32 irqmask;                    /* active interrupts */
> 	u32 irq_rr_idx;                 /* round-robin stream index */
>-	struct kthread_worker irq_worker;		/* kthread worker for PIO/YUV/VBI actions */
>-	struct task_struct *irq_worker_task;		/* task for irq_worker */
>+	struct kthread_worker *irq_worker;		/* kthread worker for PIO/YUV/VBI actions */
> 	struct kthread_work irq_work;	/* kthread work entry */
> 	spinlock_t dma_reg_lock;        /* lock access to DMA engine registers */
> 	int cur_dma_stream;		/* index of current stream doing DMA (-1 if none) */
>

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