> Since we need to have some way to track them having an explicit data > structure that the callers manage seems to make sense.
Oh sure, I wasn't arguing against that at all... It might be handy to have a release() callback (optional) that gets called after the kthread stops/exits, once we know the data structure isn't going to be used anymore (if practical to implement, depends on your approach). Ben. - 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/