Re: kernel_thread question

[Stefan Richter]

Viral Mehta wrote:
> int my_thread(void*)
> {
>     if(printk("blah"))
>         return 5; //WHERE THE HELL THIS VALUE GOES !! ?? !! HOW CAN I 
> SEE ITS RETURN VALUE ???

The return value is passed over to kthread_stop().  If you don't use
kthread_stop(), the return value of threadfn does not matter.

http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.28/kernel/kthread.c#L187
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