Re: [PATCH] macintosh/therm_pm72.c: Convert to kthread API.

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Sun Apr 22 2007 - 15:17:38 EST


On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 01:58:47AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch modifies startup of the kfand to use kthread_run
> not a combination of kernel_thread and daemonize, making
> the code a little simpler and more maintaintable.

Why is this driver using a thread at all? It's only doing a bunch
of rather short-lived things in the thread.

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