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mtd: blktrans: fix a race vs kthread_stop

There is small race window that could make kthread_stop hang forever.
I found that while hacking the IR subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevisky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Maxim Levitsky 15 years ago
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      drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c

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drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c

@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ static int mtd_blktrans_thread(void *arg)
 
 		if (!req && !(req = blk_fetch_request(rq))) {
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
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+			if (kthread_should_stop())
+				set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
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 			spin_unlock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 			schedule();
 			spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);