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From: Tejun Heo <tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 02/18] kthread: Add API for iterant kthreads
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 15:23:49 +0900
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Hello, Petr.

On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 05:01:01PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> +static int kthread_iterant_fn(void *kti_ptr)
> +{
> +	struct kthread_iterant *kti = kti_ptr;
> +	void *data = kti->data;
> +
> +	if (kti->init)
> +		kti->init(data);
> +
> +	do {
> +		if (kti->func)
> +			kti->func(data);

Is supporting kthread_iterant w/o the body function intentional?  If
so, did you have anything specific on mind for it?  I don't think it
matters either way.  Just curious how this came to be.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun