linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bluetooth bnep: Convert to kthread API.

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:24:59 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	<containers@...ts.osdl.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bluetooth bnep: Convert to kthread API.

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:58:51 -0600
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:

> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> 
> This patch starts kbenpd using kthread_run replacing
> a combination of kernel_thread and daemonize.  Making
> the code a little simpler and more maintainable.
> 
>

	while (!atomic_read(&s->killed)) {

ho hum.

> +	task = kthread_run(bnep_session, s, "kbnepd %s", dev->name);

It's unusual to have a kernel thread which has a space in its name.  That
could trip up infufficient-defensive userspace tools.

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