From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Ani Sinha <ani@arista.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
fruggeri <fruggeri@arista.com>,
Ivan Delalande <colona@arista.com>
Subject: Re: kernel_thread() for non-GPL drivers
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 21:31:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150602203138.GK7232@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOxq_8PjG2Hzcdug-G7PJEcP8x02n+ezAw5AiEWpn71RjNt7ww@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 12:43:15PM -0700, Ani Sinha wrote:
> So my question to you is, which api (for x86) are drivers supposed to
> use if kernel_thread() is no longer available? It looks to me like
> maybe we can use kthread_run() which eventually lazily creates a
> kernel thread. Is my understanding correct?
First of all, what the hell does it have to do with GPL? Or modules
vs. built-in, for that matter... kernel_thread() is _not_ what it
used to be way back and export or no export, your driver isn't going
to be happy with it.
kthread_run() had been there for more than 11 years, for crying out loud!
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2015-06-02 19:43 kernel_thread() for non-GPL drivers Ani Sinha
2015-06-02 20:31 ` Al Viro [this message]
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