linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kthread: implement kthread

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:33:21 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	johannes@...solutions.net, oleg@...hat.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
	mst@...hat.com, samudrala.sridhar@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: implement kthread_worker

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:53:55 +0200 Tejun Heo wrote:

>  include/linux/kthread.h |   63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/kthread.c        |  118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 181 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: work/kernel/kthread.c
> ===================================================================
> --- work.orig/kernel/kthread.c
> +++ work/kernel/kthread.c

> @@ -247,3 +249,119 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
> 
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +
> +/**
> + * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
> + * @data: pointer to initialized kthread_worker

s/data/worker_ptr/

> + *
> + * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
> + * kthread_run() with @data argument pointing to an initialized

ditto.

> + * kthread_worker.  The started kthread will process work_list until
> + * the it is stopped with kthread_stop().  A kthread can also call
> + * this function directly after extra initialization.
> + *
> + * Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long
> + * as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time.  A
> + * kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued
> + * kthread_works.
> + */
> +int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
> +{
> +	struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
> +	struct kthread_work *work;
> +
> +	WARN_ON(worker->task);
> +	worker->task = current;
> +repeat:


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