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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: majianpeng <majianpeng@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] export kernel call set_task_comm()
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:00:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120531160054.GG11775@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201205311516140150468@gmail.com>

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 03:16:18PM +0800, majianpeng wrote:
> In Commit 7d74f492e4dd0034a61458eb80f70b1d2862ed07,author said:
> "This allows drivers who call this function to be compiled modularly.
> Otherwise, a driver who is interested in this type of functionality
> has to implement their own get_task_comm() call, causing code
> duplication in the Linux source tree."
> 
> But author did not say about set_task_comm().At present,I used it but
> compiled error.To the same purpose, it should export.

Are you doing that to preexisting process?  Or just to a kernel thread
you are creating?  In the latter case, you really ought to use
kthread_create() instead of bare-metal kernel_thread()...

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-31 16:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-31  7:16 [PATCH] export kernel call set_task_comm() majianpeng
2012-05-31 16:00 ` Al Viro [this message]
2012-06-01  1:15   ` majianpeng
     [not found] ` <201206010911269377891@gmail.com>
2012-06-01  1:24   ` Al Viro
2012-06-01  2:13     ` majianpeng

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