Re: [linux-cifs-client] Re: cifs and kthread_run / kernel_thread

From: Steve French (smfltc)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2007 - 11:13:20 EST


Q (Igor Mammedov) wrote:

Steve French (smfltc) wrote:

No - IIRC the original patch (for the switch of cifs from kernel_thread to kthread) had a
minor implementation problem in handling the cifs_demultiplex thread, so this one small
area was left with the old style.

iii) Is it difficult to switch to the new interface?


No, I don't think so, but I have not investigated it. We would be happy
to review and test a patch for this though.

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It seems to me that I rewrote cifs_demultiplex_thread to use kthread_run in DFS patch.

Yes - Q's patch has the final change to kthread (as part of a larger DFS change). The original
patch which switched to kthread was done long before this.

I have not broken all the large dfs patch into small pieces but will look to see if just this part
can be done easily
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