Re: [PATCH] kthread conversion: convert ieee1394 from kernel_thread

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 11:41:36 EST


On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 05:11:42PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Serge, could you reduce your patch to the nodemgr part and resubmit?

I'd prefer ieee1394 would just stop creating these thread entirely.
Sure, rescaning the bus might take some time, but so do pci or especially
scsi bus rescans. A user should expect his thread to block when he
writes to an attribute caled rescan.

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