[PATCH] UBI: Don't exit from ubi_thread until kthread_should_stop() is true

Vitaliy Gusev vgusev at openvz.org
Wed Nov 5 10:27:18 EST 2008


If ubi_thread() exits but kthread_should_stop() is not true
then kthread_stop() will never return and cleanup thread
will forever stay in "D" state.

Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Gusev <vgusev at openvz.org>

---
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
index 05d7093..dcb6dac 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -1396,7 +1396,8 @@ int ubi_thread(void *u)
 				ubi_msg("%s: %d consecutive failures",
 					ubi->bgt_name, WL_MAX_FAILURES);
 				ubi_ro_mode(ubi);
-				break;
+				ubi->thread_enabled = 0;
+				continue;
 			}
 		} else
 			failures = 0;



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