netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net v2 2/3] xen-netback: don't stop dealloc kthread too early

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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:39:18 +0100
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
CC:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>, Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net v2 2/3] xen-netback: don't stop dealloc
 kthread too early

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 03:34:48PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
[...]
> >>
> >> And cleaning it up a bit (the while() could be a for(;;)).
> >>
> > 
> > Unfortunately this approach is bogus. If xenbus thread is not blocked it
> > can free up various resources while dealloc thread is running -- queue
> > can be gone under dealloc thread's feet.
> 
> kthread_stop() waits until the thread exits (like pthread_join()).
> 
> /**
>  * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
>  * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
>  *
>  * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
>  * waits for it to exit.
> 

Ah, misremeber the behaviour of kthread_stop. Sorry for the noise.

Wei.

> David
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