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Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:40:27 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: convert stop_machine into a kthread
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:27:45 -0500
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Ah, like so?

Nope.  kthread_bind() is supposed to be called by the thread creator,
before the thread is started.

The documentation for kthread_bind() is irritatingly hidden in the header
file.