On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Pavel Emelyanov wrote: > > Does the kthread API guarantee that the kthread is not running until you > > call > > It does. That's why the race, you mentioned above is impossible.
That is wrong. The API guarantees only that the kthread is initially created in a non-running state. It cannot guarantee that no other task will wake up the kthread before the caller does. Alan Stern -- 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/
