i386: convert to the kthread API From: "Eric W. Biederman" This patch just trivial converts from calling kernel_thread and daemonize to just calling kthread_run. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -661,8 +662,6 @@ static int balanced_irq(void *unused) unsigned long prev_balance_time = jiffies; long time_remaining = balanced_irq_interval; - daemonize("kirqd"); - /* push everything to CPU 0 to give us a starting point. */ for (i = 0 ; i < NR_IRQS ; i++) { irq_desc[i].pending_mask = cpumask_of_cpu(0); @@ -722,10 +721,9 @@ static int __init balanced_irq_init(void } printk(KERN_INFO "Starting balanced_irq\n"); - if (kernel_thread(balanced_irq, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL) >= 0) + if (!IS_ERR(kthread_run(balanced_irq, NULL, "kirqd"))) return 0; - else - printk(KERN_ERR "balanced_irq_init: failed to spawn balanced_irq"); + printk(KERN_ERR "balanced_irq_init: failed to spawn balanced_irq"); failed: for_each_possible_cpu(i) { kfree(irq_cpu_data[i].irq_delta);