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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 71034f41a2b..7ba8feae11b 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -600,14 +600,10 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) /* * Finally, kill the kernel thread. We don't need to be RCU - * 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. + * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. */ - if (bdi->wb.task) { - thaw_process(bdi->wb.task); + if (bdi->wb.task) kthread_stop(bdi->wb.task); - } } /* |