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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2012-01-09 06:12:55 +0400
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2012-01-09 06:12:55 +0400
commitca371d2854d48c0c22e7aa031df182f96dc85820 (patch)
tree1c62be8b4da0bfc82fa7ffa1ad5b0e958266cbd1 /mm/backing-dev.c
parent0d376945d0bc0a8f8e00861d506b10e42e8af372 (diff)
parenta0e86bd4252519321b0d102dc4ed90557aa7bee9 (diff)
downloadlinux-ca371d2854d48c0c22e7aa031df182f96dc85820.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into sh-latest
Conflicts: arch/arm/mach-shmobile/clock-sh73a0.c Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c8
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 71034f41a2ba..7ba8feae11b8 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);
- }
}
/*