Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:58:51 -0600
> "Eric W. Biederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> From: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> This patch starts kbenpd using kthread_run replacing
>> a combination of kernel_thread and daemonize. Making
>> the code a little simpler and more maintainable.
>>
>>
>
> while (!atomic_read(&s->killed)) {
>
> ho hum.
yes. we need something like :
- while (!atomic_read(&s->killed)) {
+ while (1) {
try_to_freeze();
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (atomic_read(&s->killed))
+ break;
+
I have an old patch for this driver. I'll refresh it.
>> + task = kthread_run(bnep_session, s, "kbnepd %s", dev->name);
>
> It's unusual to have a kernel thread which has a space in its name. That
> could trip up infufficient-defensive userspace tools.
but we can't just change it, can we ? i could be used by a user space tool
to check if the thread is running.
C.
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