linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] s390/scsi/zfcp_erp: Convert to use the kthread API

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Message-Id: <200704301241.23894.swen@vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:41:23 +0200
From:	Swen Schillig <swen@...t.ibm.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"<Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, containers@...ts.osdl.org,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390/scsi/zfcp_erp: Convert to use the kthread API

On Sunday 22 April 2007 22:17, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 01:58:42AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> > 
> > Modify zfcperp%s to be started with kthread_run not
> > a combination of kernel_thread, daemonize and siginitsetinv
> > making the code slightly simpler and more maintainable.
> 
> This driver would also benefit from a full kthread conversion.
> Unfortunately it has a strange dual-use semaphore (->erp_ready_sem)
> that hinders a straight conversion.  Maybe the maintainer can take
> a look whether there's a nice way to get rid of that one?
> 
I know and we have it on our schedule, 
but it's not as easy as it might look like .
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