Re: [PATCH] apm-emulation: Make use of the helper macro kthread_run()

["gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 09:23:46AM +0000, 胡连勤 wrote:
> From: Lianqin Hu <hulianqin@vivo.com>
> 
> Repalce kthread_create/wake_up_process() with kthread_run()
> to simplify the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lianqin Hu <hulianqin@vivo.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/apm-emulation.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/apm-emulation.c b/drivers/char/apm-emulation.c
> index e795390b070f..3c183370a5d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/apm-emulation.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/apm-emulation.c
> @@ -636,13 +636,12 @@ static int __init apm_init(void)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	}
>  
> -	kapmd_tsk = kthread_create(kapmd, NULL, "kapmd");
> +	kapmd_tsk = kthread_run(kapmd, NULL, "kapmd");
>  	if (IS_ERR(kapmd_tsk)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(kapmd_tsk);
>  		kapmd_tsk = NULL;
>  		goto out;
>  	}
> -	wake_up_process(kapmd_tsk);

Do you have this hardware?  If not, I would not recommend making changes
like this without being able to test it.

thanks,

greg k-h