Re: [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-20 Thread Cedric Le Goater
Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:37:14 +0100 Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> urgh, yes, this is just sad. We should convert this driver fully to >>> the kthread API - it will end up much better. >>> >>> I'll queue this up as a -mm-only thing as a gentle

Re: [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-20 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:37:14 +0100 Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > urgh, yes, this is just sad. We should convert this driver fully to > > the kthread API - it will end up much better. > > > > I'll queue this up as a -mm-only thing as a gentle reminder that > > we should do it

Re: [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-20 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 03:34:13PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:59:04 -0600 > "Eric W. Biederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This patch is a minimal transformation to use the kthread API > > doing it's best to preserve the existing logic. > > > > Instead of starting

Re: [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-20 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 03:34:13PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:59:04 -0600 Eric W. Biederman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patch is a minimal transformation to use the kthread API doing it's best to preserve the existing logic. Instead of starting kdvb-ca by

Re: [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-20 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:37:14 +0100 Christoph Hellwig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: urgh, yes, this is just sad. We should convert this driver fully to the kthread API - it will end up much better. I'll queue this up as a -mm-only thing as a gentle reminder that we should do it properly.

Re: [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-20 Thread Cedric Le Goater
Andrew Morton wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:37:14 +0100 Christoph Hellwig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: urgh, yes, this is just sad. We should convert this driver fully to the kthread API - it will end up much better. I'll queue this up as a -mm-only thing as a gentle reminder that we should

Re: [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-19 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:59:04 -0600 "Eric W. Biederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This patch is a minimal transformation to use the kthread API > doing it's best to preserve the existing logic. > > Instead of starting kdvb-ca by calling kernel_thread, > daemonize and sigfillset we kthread_run

[PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-19 Thread Eric W. Biederman
From: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This patch is a minimal transformation to use the kthread API doing it's best to preserve the existing logic. Instead of starting kdvb-ca by calling kernel_thread, daemonize and sigfillset we kthread_run is used. Instead of tracking the pid of the

[PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-19 Thread Eric W. Biederman
From: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - unquoted This patch is a minimal transformation to use the kthread API doing it's best to preserve the existing logic. Instead of starting kdvb-ca by calling kernel_thread, daemonize and sigfillset we kthread_run is used. Instead of tracking the pid

[PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-19 Thread Eric W. Biederman
From: Eric W. Biederman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unquoted This patch is a minimal transformation to use the kthread API doing it's best to preserve the existing logic. Instead of starting kdvb-ca by calling kernel_thread, daemonize and sigfillset we kthread_run is used. Instead of tracking the pid

[PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-19 Thread Eric W. Biederman
From: Eric W. Biederman [EMAIL PROTECTED] This patch is a minimal transformation to use the kthread API doing it's best to preserve the existing logic. Instead of starting kdvb-ca by calling kernel_thread, daemonize and sigfillset we kthread_run is used. Instead of tracking the pid of the

Re: [PATCH] dvb_en_50221: Convert to kthread API

2007-04-19 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:59:04 -0600 Eric W. Biederman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patch is a minimal transformation to use the kthread API doing it's best to preserve the existing logic. Instead of starting kdvb-ca by calling kernel_thread, daemonize and sigfillset we kthread_run is used.