Re: [RFC v2 02/18] kthread: Add create_kthread_worker*()

[Tejun Heo]

Hello, Petr.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 03:03:43PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> It enforces using kthread_worker_fn() for the main thread. But I doubt
> that there are any plans to create any alternative. In fact, I think
> that we do not want any alternative main thread because it would be
> hard to support consistency with the rest of the kthread worker API.

The original intention was allowing users to use a wrapper function
which sets up kthread attributes and then calls kthread_worker_fn().
That can be done by a work item too but is more cumbersome.  Just
wanted to note that.  Will keep reading on.

Thanks.

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tejun
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