linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] macintosh/therm_pm72.c: Convert to kthread API.

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Message-ID: <20070422191647.GA14995@infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:16:47 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	"<Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, containers@...ts.osdl.org,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macintosh/therm_pm72.c: Convert to kthread API.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 01:58:47AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> 
> This patch modifies startup of the kfand to use kthread_run
> not a combination of kernel_thread and daemonize, making
> the code a little simpler and more maintaintable.

Why is this driver using a thread at all?  It's only doing a bunch
of rather short-lived things in the thread.

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