linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] kernel: Prepare set_kthread_struct to be used for setup_thread

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whe1g=U3N6Bh93E=0HAosUSipnrmE2g4nFMPfssq4KdcA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:00:44 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>
Cc:     brauner@...nel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] kernel: Prepare set_kthread_struct to be used for setup_thread_fn

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 4:50 PM Mike Christie
<michael.christie@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> I could balance it by doing the following which would support vhost, io_uring sqpoll
> and kthread's name setting:

Yeah, so this patch looks like a real simplification to me, and avoids
the different users doing their own random task name handling.

Thanks,
           Linus