From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751029AbWFPEAj (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751030AbWFPEAj (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:39 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:21888 "EHLO ozlabs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751027AbWFPEAj (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: convert stop_machine into a kthread From: Rusty Russell To: "Serge E. Hallyn" Cc: Paul Mackerras , lkml - Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20060616030432.GA18037@sergelap.austin.ibm.com> References: <17553.56625.612931.136018@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <1150419895.10290.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060616030432.GA18037@sergelap.austin.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:00:29 +1000 Message-Id: <1150430429.10290.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 22:04 -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au): > > Seems like change for change's sake, to me, *and* it added more code > > than it removed. > > So if kernel_thread is really going to be removed, how else should this > be done? Just clone? Sorry, is kernel_thread going to be removed, or just not exported to modules? What's kthread going to use? Confused, Rusty. -- Help! Save Australia from the worst of the DMCA: http://linux.org.au/law