Re: [PATCH][USBATM]: convert heavy init dances to kthread API

[Pavel Emelyanov]

Alan Stern wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> 
>>> Does the kthread API guarantee that the kthread is not running until you call
>> It does. That's why the race, you mentioned above is impossible.
> 
> That is wrong.  The API guarantees only that the kthread is initially 
> created in a non-running state.  It cannot guarantee that no other 
> task will wake up the kthread before the caller does.

Other tasks cannot wake this thread up since they do not
know the struct task_struct pointer.

> Alan Stern
> 
> 

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