From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
mingo@redhat.com,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kthread_create
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:34:14 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031231053603.65CA52C08B@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:06:18 -0800." <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312302100550.1457-100000@bigblue.dev.mdolabs.com>
In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312302100550.1457-100000@bigblue.dev.mdolabs.com> you write:
> Wouldn't it be better to put a kt_message inside a tast_struct?
Expand task_struct for this one usage? I don't think that's
worthwhile.
The whole code is written so there is no datastructure associated with
the kthread. When something like kt_message is needed (to kill a
thread, for example), they grab the lock and use the static one.
This means that threads can exit without having to do cleanup.
Hope that clarifies,
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-31 5:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-31 3:31 [PATCH 1/2] kthread_create Rusty Russell
2003-12-31 4:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-12-31 5:28 ` Rusty Russell
2003-12-31 6:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-12-31 8:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-01-01 23:51 ` Rusty Russell
2003-12-31 4:49 ` Andrew Morton
2003-12-31 5:18 ` Rusty Russell
2003-12-31 5:06 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-12-31 5:34 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2003-12-31 5:56 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-12-31 6:27 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-01 3:45 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-02 7:09 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-02 16:58 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-03 3:05 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-03 3:43 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-03 11:47 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-04 4:23 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-03-29 15:42 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-03 19:00 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-03 23:53 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-04 2:34 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-04 4:42 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-04 4:55 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-04 9:35 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-04 23:03 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-05 4:09 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-05 5:06 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-05 6:38 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-05 6:52 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-07 7:00 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-07 7:25 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-01-08 0:33 ` Rusty Russell
2004-03-29 15:42 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-03-29 15:42 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-03-29 15:41 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-03-29 15:42 ` Rusty Russell
2004-03-29 15:40 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-03-29 15:41 ` Rusty Russell
2004-03-29 15:39 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-03-29 15:39 ` Rusty Russell
2004-03-29 15:38 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-12-31 6:31 ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2003-12-31 7:12 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-12-31 23:25 ` Rusty Russell
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2003-12-31 18:02 Albert Cahalan
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