Re: [linux-cifs-client] Re: cifs and kthread_run / kernel_thread

[Steve French (smfltc)]

Q (Igor Mammedov) wrote:

> Steve French (smfltc) wrote:
>
> > No - IIRC the original patch (for the switch of cifs from 
> > kernel_thread to kthread) had a
> > minor implementation problem in handling the cifs_demultiplex thread, 
> > so this one small
> > area was left with the old style.
> >
> > > iii) Is it difficult to switch to the new interface?
> > >  
> > No, I don't think so, but I have not investigated it.  We would be happy
> > to review and test a patch for this though.
> >
> > > ***************************
>
> It seems to me that I rewrote cifs_demultiplex_thread to use 
> kthread_run in DFS patch.
Yes - Q's  patch has the final change to kthread (as part of a larger 
DFS change).  The original
patch which switched to kthread was done long before this.

I have not broken all the large dfs patch into small pieces but will 
look to see if just this part
can be done easily
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