Re: please revert kthread from loop.c

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Hugh Dickins (hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx):
> > 	This version has passed parallel runs of the following
> > 	script (on different devices of course), i.e.
> 
> But not good for me.  Gets further e.g. 170 iterations,
> but then hangs while kthread_stop waits for completion.

Confounded...

> I haven't investigated further.  Is there really any reason
> to be messing with what has worked well for so long here?

Only because loop.c can be compiled as a module, and kernel_thread
is slated to have it's EXPORT_SYMBOL removed.

-serge
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