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

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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
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