Re: [PATCH] kthread: set kthread state to TASK_IDLE.
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Apr 01 2020 - 07:12:26 EST
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On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 10:40:28AM +0000, Li Yueyi wrote:
> I create a kthread to do some work will trigger system restart, i don`t wake it up immediately but wakeup it in a HW irq handler.
> So this kthread sleeps in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state until the HW irq coming up.
>
> Did i do something wrong?
> Should i wake it up immediately and then call wait_event_xxxx function to sleep it?
This!