Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6

* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (58 commits)
  mtd: jedec_probe: add PSD4256G6V id
  mtd: OneNand support for Nomadik 8815 SoC (on NHK8815 board)
  mtd: nand: driver for Nomadik 8815 SoC (on NHK8815 board)
  m25p80: Add Spansion S25FL129P serial flashes
  jffs2: Use SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN for jffs2_raw_{dirent,inode} slabs
  mtd: sh_flctl: register sh_flctl using platform_driver_probe()
  mtd: nand: txx9ndfmc: transfer 512 byte at a time if possible
  mtd: nand: fix tmio_nand ecc correction
  mtd: nand: add __nand_correct_data helper function
  mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: add 0xFF intolerance for M29W128G
  mtd: inftl: fix fold chain block number
  mtd: jedec: fix compilation problem with I28F640C3B definition
  mtd: nand: fix ECC Correction bug for SMC ordering for NDFC driver
  mtd: ofpart: Check availability of reg property instead of name property
  driver/Makefile: Initialize "mtd" and "spi" before "net"
  mtd: omap: adding DMA mode support in nand prefetch/post-write
  mtd: omap: add support for nand prefetch-read and post-write
  mtd: add nand support for w90p910 (v2)
  mtd: maps: add mtd-ram support to physmap_of
  mtd: pxa3xx_nand: add single-bit error corrections reporting
  ...

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/background.c b/fs/jffs2/background.c
index e9580104b6ba..3ff50da94789 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/background.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/background.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include "nodelist.h"
 
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ void jffs2_garbage_collect_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 /* This must only ever be called when no GC thread is currently running */
 int jffs2_start_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 {
-	pid_t pid;
+	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(c->gc_task);
@@ -39,15 +40,16 @@ int jffs2_start_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 	init_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
 	init_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
 
-	pid = kernel_thread(jffs2_garbage_collect_thread, c, CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES);
-	if (pid < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %d\n", -pid);
+	tsk = kthread_run(jffs2_garbage_collect_thread, c, "jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", c->mtd->index);
+	if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %ld\n", -PTR_ERR(tsk));
 		complete(&c->gc_thread_exit);
-		ret = pid;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(tsk);
 	} else {
 		/* Wait for it... */
-		D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "JFFS2: Garbage collect thread is pid %d\n", pid));
+		D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "JFFS2: Garbage collect thread is pid %d\n", tsk->pid));
 		wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
+		ret = tsk->pid;
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -71,7 +73,6 @@ static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
 {
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = _c;
 
-	daemonize("jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", c->mtd->index);
 	allow_signal(SIGKILL);
 	allow_signal(SIGSTOP);
 	allow_signal(SIGCONT);
@@ -107,6 +108,11 @@ static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
 		 * the GC thread get there first. */
 		schedule_timeout_interruptible(msecs_to_jiffies(50));
 
+		if (kthread_should_stop()) {
+			D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread():  kthread_stop() called.\n"));
+			goto die;
+		}
+
 		/* Put_super will send a SIGKILL and then wait on the sem.
 		 */
 		while (signal_pending(current) || freezing(current)) {
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/malloc.c b/fs/jffs2/malloc.c
index 9eff2bdae8a7..c082868910f2 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/malloc.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/malloc.c
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ int __init jffs2_create_slab_caches(void)
 
 	raw_dirent_slab = kmem_cache_create("jffs2_raw_dirent",
 					    sizeof(struct jffs2_raw_dirent),
-					    0, 0, NULL);
+					    0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
 	if (!raw_dirent_slab)
 		goto err;
 
 	raw_inode_slab = kmem_cache_create("jffs2_raw_inode",
 					   sizeof(struct jffs2_raw_inode),
-					   0, 0, NULL);
+					   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
 	if (!raw_inode_slab)
 		goto err;