Re: [PATCH 0/1] kthreads: simplify !kthreadd_task logic, killkthreadd_task_init_done

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> 
> Not sure I understand... We don't have CLONE_PID, and kthreadd()
> shouldn't have pid == 0 anyway.

Ahh, we got rid of CLONE_PID a long time ago, and renamed it to 
CLONE_IDLETASK (which was what it was used for).

As to why pid == 0 wouldn't work, I don't know, but I'll take your word 
for it.

		Linus
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