linux-kernel - Re: [linux-cifs-client] Re: cifs and kthread_run / kernel

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Message-ID: <4610B80F.9020102@mail.ru>
Date:	Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:00:15 +0400
From:	"Q (Igor Mammedov)" <qwerty0987654321@...l.ru>
To:	"Steve French (smfltc)" <smfltc@...ibm.com>
CC:	linux-cifs-client@...ts.samba.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-cifs-client] Re: cifs and kthread_run / kernel_thread

Steve French (smfltc) wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I would like to use cifs inside linux-vserver guests. Discussion this 
>> with the vserver people, we found that cifs is using the new 
>> kthread_run and the old kernel_thread interface for starting 
>> kernel-threads. The old-style interface renders cifs unusable inside a 
>> vserver-guest :-(
>>
>> My questions:
>>
>> i) Are there newer versions of cifs, where only kthread_run is used in 
>> all places?
>>
>>  
>>
> No - IIRC the original patch (for the switch of cifs from kernel_thread 
> to kthread) had a
> minor implementation problem in handling the cifs_demultiplex thread, so 
> this one small
> area was left with the old style.
> 
>> iii) Is it difficult to switch to the new interface?
>>  
>>
> No, I don't think so, but I have not investigated it.  We would be happy
> to review and test a patch for this though.
> 
>> gs cifs # grep kthread_run *.[ch]
>> cifsfs.c:       oplockThread = kthread_run(cifs_oplock_thread, NULL, 
>> "cifsoplockd");
>> cifsfs.c:       dnotifyThread = kthread_run(cifs_dnotify_thread, NULL, 
>> "cifsdnotifyd");
>>
>> gs cifs # grep kernel_thread *.[ch]
>> cifs.mod.c:     { 0x7e9ebb05, "kernel_thread" },
>> connect.c:                      rc = (int)kernel_thread((void *)(void 
>> *)cifs_demultiplex_thread, srvTcp,
>>
>>
>> Thx,
>>
>> Wilhelm
>>
>> *****************************************

It seems to me that I rewrote cifs_demultiplex_thread to use kthread_run 
in DFS patch.

-- 

Best regards,

-------------------------
Igor Mammedov,
niallain "at" gmail.com




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