On 10/26, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 04:14:00PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * TODO: kill it and use to_kthread(). But we still need the users
> > + * like kthread_stop() which has to sync with the exiting kthread.
> > + */
> > static struct kthread *to_live_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
>
> Now that the kthread struct is no longer on the stack, are the
> try_get_task_stack() and its corresponding put_task_stack()'s still
> needed?
It seems you missed this part
Of course, with this patch we are ready to remove
put_task_stack() from kthread.c right now. The next change should kill
to_live_kthread() altogether.
in the same email ;)
Oleg.
