On 04/23, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > So I propose we add a kthread_orphan as a basic primitive to decrement the > count on the task_struct if we want a kthread to simply exit after it > has done some work. > > And as a helper function we can have a kthread_run_orphan.
Speaking about helpers, could we also add kthread_start(), which should be used instead of direct wake_up_process() ? Not that it is terribly important, but still. Note that "kthread_create() pins the task_struct" allows us to cleanup the code. Look at this ugly "wait_to_die:" label in migration_thread(). Is is because migration_thread() can't exit until CPU_DEAD reaps it. Other reasons were already solved by kthread-enhance-kthread_stop-to-abort-interruptible-sleeps.patch Oleg. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
