The code is doing the equivalent of the kthread_run macro.
Signed-off-by: Mike Danese <mikedanese@google.com>
Acked-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
                }
        }
        spin_unlock(&tomoyo_io_buffer_list_lock);
-       if (is_write) {
-               struct task_struct *task = kthread_create(tomoyo_gc_thread,
-                                                         NULL,
-                                                         "GC for TOMOYO");
-               if (!IS_ERR(task))
-                       wake_up_process(task);
-       }
+       if (is_write)
+               kthread_run(tomoyo_gc_thread, NULL, "GC for TOMOYO");
 }