Re: [PATCH] export [__]set_special_pids()

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

"Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
>
> EXPORT [__]set_special_pids(); Ingo added these
>  		in include/linux/sched.h but didn't export them;
>  		jffs uses set_special_pids();

jffs seems to be trying to do daemonize()-by-hand.  It would be better for
it to get its act together and just call daemonize().

Is anyone actively testing and using jffs in 2.6?  How does one get it
going with blkmtd??

diff -puN fs/jffs/intrep.c~jffs-use-daemonize fs/jffs/intrep.c
--- 25/fs/jffs/intrep.c~jffs-use-daemonize	2003-10-01 22:01:21.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/fs/jffs/intrep.c	2003-10-01 22:02:26.000000000 -0700
@@ -3337,18 +3337,16 @@ jffs_garbage_collect_thread(void *ptr)
 	int result = 0;
 	D1(int i = 1);
 
+	daemonize("jffs_gcd");
+
 	c->gc_task = current;
 
 	lock_kernel();
-	exit_mm(c->gc_task);
-
-	set_special_pids(1, 1);
 	init_completion(&c->gc_thread_comp); /* barrier */ 
 	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	siginitsetinv (&current->blocked, sigmask(SIGHUP) | sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP) | sigmask(SIGCONT));
 	recalc_sigpending();
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	strcpy(current->comm, "jffs_gcd");
 
 	D1(printk (KERN_NOTICE "jffs_garbage_collect_thread(): Starting infinite loop.\n"));
 

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