lightnvm: pblk: ensure kthread alloc. before kicking it
authorJavier González <javier@cnexlabs.com>
Fri, 5 Jan 2018 13:16:17 +0000 (14:16 +0100)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:50:12 +0000 (08:50 -0700)
commitcc4f5ba1fb6ebe977fb44293abebb79af77556f0
treea705d8c9a929b4e38444c3145ae67494800a30ad
parent8f554597e00abe04fd1f37c351b38aff33c37fc9
lightnvm: pblk: ensure kthread alloc. before kicking it

When creating the write thread, ensure that the kthread has been created
before initializing the timer responsible from kicking it. Otherwise, if
the kthread creation fails or gets killed from used space, we risk
kicking an empty thread structure.

Also, since the kthread creation can be interrupted form user space,
adapt the error path to not report an error when this happens, since it
is intentional that the instance creation is aborted.

Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com>
Updated source to reflect the new timer_setup API.
Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c