Re: [PATCH] NFSD: Make use of the helper macro kthread_run()

[Trond Myklebust]

On Thu, 2021-10-21 at 16:42 +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote:
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> 
> Repalce kthread_create/wake_up_process() with kthread_run()
> to simplify the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> index a36261f89bdf..69428cb31a55 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> @@ -1685,15 +1685,15 @@ nfsd4_copy(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct
> nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
>                 memcpy(&copy->cp_res.cb_stateid, &copy-
> >cp_stateid.stid,
>                         sizeof(copy->cp_res.cb_stateid));
>                 dup_copy_fields(copy, async_copy);
> -               async_copy->copy_task =
> kthread_create(nfsd4_do_async_copy,
> -                               async_copy, "%s", "copy thread");
> +               async_copy->copy_task =
> kthread_run(nfsd4_do_async_copy,
> +                                                   async_copy, "%s",
> +                                                   "copy thread");
>                 if (IS_ERR(async_copy->copy_task))
>                         goto out_err;
>                 spin_lock(&async_copy->cp_clp->async_lock);
>                 list_add(&async_copy->copies,
>                                 &async_copy->cp_clp->async_copies);
>                 spin_unlock(&async_copy->cp_clp->async_lock);
> -               wake_up_process(async_copy->copy_task);
>                 status = nfs_ok;
>         } else {
>                 status = nfsd4_do_copy(copy, 1);
> --
> 2.25.1
> 

Ditto. This too would cause the thread to start running before
async_copy has been fully initialised.

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx