On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 03:41:49PM +0300, Samer Sarhan wrote: > Hi, > I had a design problem of a Linux module (Linux 2.6.11) that lead me to do > this: > > int work_fn(void* data); > task_t my_task; > task_t* kthread = kthread_create(work_fn, NULL, "Task 1"); > // assume kthread create was successfully... > my_task = *kthread; > // change what current maceo points to... > kthread->thread_info->task = &my_task; > ... > ... > wake_up_process(&my_task); > ... > .. > > well... is it dangerous to change what current macro points to through > changing thread_info->task?
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