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From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date:   Sun, 16 Dec 2018 20:50:09 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] test_rhashtable: remove semaphore usage
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 10:25 PM David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:17:20 +0100
>
> > @@ -635,8 +636,9 @@ static int threadfunc(void *data)
> >       int i, step, err = 0, insert_retries = 0;
> >       struct thread_data *tdata = data;
> >
> > -     up(&prestart_sem);
> > -     if (down_interruptible(&startup_sem))
> > +     if (atomic_dec_and_test(&startup_count))
> > +             wake_up(&startup_wait);
> > +     if (wait_event_interruptible(startup_wait, atomic_read(&startup_count) == -1))
> >               pr_err("  thread[%d]: down_interruptible failed\n", tdata->id);
>
> Arnd, please adjust this pr_err() text to match the new code as pointed out by
> Phil Sutter.

Done, and resent as v2. I also noticed that the version I sent did not apply
cleanly on current kernels, so I fixed that, and also added a 'goto out' in
the kthread after printing the error message, so an interrupted thread would
exist straight away.

         Arnd