static int read_events;
 
-static int kill_test;
+static int test_error;
 
-#define KILL_TEST()                            \
+#define TEST_ERROR()                           \
        do {                                    \
-               if (!kill_test) {               \
-                       kill_test = 1;          \
+               if (!test_error) {              \
+                       test_error = 1;         \
                        WARN_ON(1);             \
                }                               \
        } while (0)
        EVENT_DROPPED,
 };
 
+static bool break_test(void)
+{
+       return test_error || kthread_should_stop();
+}
+
 static enum event_status read_event(int cpu)
 {
        struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 
        entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
        if (*entry != cpu) {
-               KILL_TEST();
+               TEST_ERROR();
                return EVENT_DROPPED;
        }
 
                rpage = bpage;
                /* The commit may have missed event flags set, clear them */
                commit = local_read(&rpage->commit) & 0xfffff;
-               for (i = 0; i < commit && !kill_test; i += inc) {
+               for (i = 0; i < commit && !test_error ; i += inc) {
 
                        if (i >= (PAGE_SIZE - offsetof(struct rb_page, data))) {
-                               KILL_TEST();
+                               TEST_ERROR();
                                break;
                        }
 
                        case RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING:
                                /* failed writes may be discarded events */
                                if (!event->time_delta)
-                                       KILL_TEST();
+                                       TEST_ERROR();
                                inc = event->array[0] + 4;
                                break;
                        case RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND:
                        case 0:
                                entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
                                if (*entry != cpu) {
-                                       KILL_TEST();
+                                       TEST_ERROR();
                                        break;
                                }
                                read++;
                                if (!event->array[0]) {
-                                       KILL_TEST();
+                                       TEST_ERROR();
                                        break;
                                }
                                inc = event->array[0] + 4;
                        default:
                                entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
                                if (*entry != cpu) {
-                                       KILL_TEST();
+                                       TEST_ERROR();
                                        break;
                                }
                                read++;
                                inc = ((event->type_len + 1) * 4);
                        }
-                       if (kill_test)
+                       if (test_error)
                                break;
 
                        if (inc <= 0) {
-                               KILL_TEST();
+                               TEST_ERROR();
                                break;
                        }
                }
        while (!READ_ONCE(reader_finish)) {
                int found = 1;
 
-               while (found && !kill_test) {
+               while (found && !test_error) {
                        int cpu;
 
                        found = 0;
                                else
                                        stat = read_page(cpu);
 
-                               if (kill_test)
+                               if (test_error)
                                        break;
 
                                if (stat == EVENT_FOUND)
                if (cnt % wakeup_interval)
                        cond_resched();
 #endif
-               if (kthread_should_stop())
-                       kill_test = 1;
-
-       } while (ktime_before(end_time, timeout) && !kill_test);
+       } while (ktime_before(end_time, timeout) && !break_test());
        trace_printk("End ring buffer hammer\n");
 
        if (consumer) {
        entries = ring_buffer_entries(buffer);
        overruns = ring_buffer_overruns(buffer);
 
-       if (kill_test && !kthread_should_stop())
+       if (test_error)
                trace_printk("ERROR!\n");
 
        if (!disable_reader) {
 
 static int ring_buffer_consumer_thread(void *arg)
 {
-       while (!kthread_should_stop() && !kill_test) {
+       while (!break_test()) {
                complete(&read_start);
 
                ring_buffer_consumer();
 
                set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-               if (kthread_should_stop() || kill_test)
+               if (break_test())
                        break;
-
                schedule();
        }
        __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 static int ring_buffer_producer_thread(void *arg)
 {
-       while (!kthread_should_stop() && !kill_test) {
+       while (!break_test()) {
                ring_buffer_reset(buffer);
 
                if (consumer) {
                }
 
                ring_buffer_producer();
-               if (kill_test)
+               if (break_test())
                        goto out_kill;
 
                trace_printk("Sleeping for 10 secs\n");
                set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+               if (break_test())
+                       goto out_kill;
                schedule_timeout(HZ * SLEEP_TIME);
        }
 
 out_kill:
+       __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
        if (!kthread_should_stop())
                wait_to_die();