Re: [PATCH 1/2] kthread_create

Rusty Russell
2003-12-31T05:36:07Z

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.
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