Re: [PATCH] kthread_should_stop_check_freeze (was: Re: [PATCH -mm 3/7] Freezer: Remove PF_NOFREEZE from rcutorture thread)

[Srivatsa Vaddagiri]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 09:16:29AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Document as well in the kernel_thread() API, as I notice people still
> > use kernel_thread() some places (ex: rtasd.c in powerpc arch)?
> 
> They shouldn't use kernel_thread.

Hmm ..that needs to be documented as well then! I can easily count more
than dozen places where kernel_thread() is being used.

I agree though that kthread is a much cleaner interface to create/destroy 
threads.

-- 
Regards,
vatsa
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