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authorKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>2012-03-05 19:32:58 +0200
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>2012-03-05 19:32:58 +0200
commit05e5bd0f3daddb0368a433af5b58be68c62dc365 (patch)
treea54c90523b72fb6e61b7bfe01fb8917e16825781 /mm/backing-dev.c
parentdaa16bc52ad8e9513506fca29a038a1460e63638 (diff)
parentc288ec614e264b46853c65d3db9ccf91d53c9484 (diff)
Merge remote branch 'wireless-next/master' into ath6kl-next
Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
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);
- }
}
/*