linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kthread: implement kthread

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:31:43 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	johannes@...solutions.net, oleg@...hat.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
	mst@...hat.com, samudrala.sridhar@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: implement kthread_worker

Hello,

On 06/21/2010 10:33 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:53:55 +0200 Tejun Heo wrote:
> 
>>  include/linux/kthread.h |   63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  kernel/kthread.c        |  118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 181 insertions(+)
>>
>> Index: work/kernel/kthread.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- work.orig/kernel/kthread.c
>> +++ work/kernel/kthread.c
> 
>> @@ -247,3 +249,119 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
>>
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
>> + * @data: pointer to initialized kthread_worker
> 
> s/data/worker_ptr/
> 
>> + *
>> + * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
>> + * kthread_run() with @data argument pointing to an initialized
> 
> ditto.

Yeah, that would be a much better idea.  Updated.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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