linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] macintosh/therm_windtunnel.c: Convert to kthread API.

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Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:53:00 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macintosh/therm_windtunnel.c: Convert to kthread API.

On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 16:37 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:58:48 -0600
> "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
> 
> > Start the g4fand using kthread_run not a combination
> > of kernel_thread and deamonize.  This makes the code
> > a little simpler and more maintainable.
> 
> I had a bit of trouble reviewing this one because I was laughing so hard at
> the attempted coding-style in that driver.  Oh well.

Heh

> I continue creeping into Christoph's camp - there's quite a bit of
> open-coded gunk which would go away if we were to teach this driver about
> kthread_should_stop() and kthread_stop(), and the conversion looks awfully
> easy to do.  It's a shame to stop here.
> 
> Oh well, I guess at least this is some forward progress.

My main problem with touching that driver is that I don't have the
hardware to test. I'll try to find a user to play the ginea pig.

Ben.


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