Re: [PATCH 0/1] kthreads: simplify !kthreadd_task logic, killkthreadd_task_init_done

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >  	rcu_scheduler_starting();
> > -	kernel_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_SIGHAND);
> > -	numa_default_policy();
> >  	pid = kernel_thread(kthreadd, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
> >  	kthreadd_task = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, &init_pid_ns);
> > +	kernel_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_SIGHAND);
> 
> We can't do this. kernel_init() should run with ->pid == 1, we are
> going to exec /sbin/init.

Umm - why not just add CLONE_PID to the 'kthreadd' creation, then?

		Linus
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