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Message-ID: <46111D66.8060208@us.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:12:38 -0500 From: "Steve French (smfltc)" <smfltc@...ibm.com> To: "Q (Igor Mammedov)" <qwerty0987654321@...l.ru> 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 Q (Igor Mammedov) wrote: > Steve French (smfltc) wrote: > >> 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. >> >>> *************************** >> > > It seems to me that I rewrote cifs_demultiplex_thread to use > kthread_run in DFS patch. > Yes - Q's patch has the final change to kthread (as part of a larger DFS change). The original patch which switched to kthread was done long before this. I have not broken all the large dfs patch into small pieces but will look to see if just this part can be done easily - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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