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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-12-09 17:14:38 +1100 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-12-09 17:14:38 +1100 |
| commit | bcd6acd51f3d4d1ada201e9bc5c40a31d6d80c71 (patch) | |
| tree | 2f6dffd2d3e4dd67355a224de7e7a960335a92fd /mm/backing-dev.c | |
| parent | 11c34c7deaeeebcee342cbc35e1bb2a6711b2431 (diff) | |
| parent | 3ff6a468b45b5dfeb0e903e56f4eb27d34b2437c (diff) | |
Merge commit 'origin/master' into next
Conflicts:
include/linux/kvm.h
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 11aee09dd2a..0e8ca034770 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -604,10 +604,14 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) /* * Finally, kill the kernel threads. We don't need to be RCU - * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. + * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. Force + * unfreeze of the thread before calling kthread_stop(), otherwise + * it would never exet if it is currently stuck in the refrigerator. */ - list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list) + list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list) { + thaw_process(wb->task); kthread_stop(wb->task); + } } /* |