On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:04:36 +0900 Simon Horman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 01:58:57AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > From: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Modify startup of ipvs sync threads to use kthread_run > > instead of a weird combination of calling kernel_thread > > to start a fork_sync_thread whose hole purpose in life was > > to call kernel_thread again starting the actually sync thread > > which called daemonize. > > > > To use kthread_run I had to move the name calcuation from > > sync_thread into start_sync_thread resulting in a small > > amount of code motion. > > > > The result is simpler and more maintainable piece of code. > > Thanks Eric, I'll review this and get back to you shortly. > There still seems to be quite a lot of complexity in this driver's thread handling which could be removed if we did a full conversion to the kthread API. It all looks.... surprisingly complex in there. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
