RE: catch 22 - porting net driver from 2.2 to 2.4

From: Hen, Shmulik (shmulik.hen@intel.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 03:18:06 EST

Where can I find info about that ?
My first idea was to fire a timer and let the callback routine do the work,
but I worry about synchronization and about passing the list of items for it
to handle.
What is the accepted way of starting a kernel thread and how do I handle
parameters and sync. ?

        Thanks,
        Shmulik.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:37 PM
To: Hen, Shmulik
Cc: 'LNML'; 'LKML'; netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: catch 22 - porting net driver from 2.2 to 2.4

do_ioctl is inside rtnl_lock...

Remember if you need to alter the rules, you can always queue work in
the current context, and have a kernel thread handle the work. The nice
thing about a kernel thread is that you start with a [almost] clean
state, when it comes to locks.

        Jeff 

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