Re: [PATCH RFC] kthread: Unify kernel_thread() and user_mode_thread()

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue,  9 May 2023 18:41:27 +0800 Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Commit 343f4c49f2438d8 ("kthread: Don't allocate kthread_struct for init
> and umh") introduces a new function user_mode_thread() for init and umh.
> But the name is a bit confusing because init and umh are indeed kernel
> threads at creation time, the real difference is "they will become user
> processes". So let's unify the kernel_thread() and user_mode_thread() to
> kernel_thread() again, and add a new 'user' parameter for init and umh.
> 
> ...
>
>  5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>

Less code is nice.

> -extern pid_t user_mode_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
> +			    unsigned long flags, int user);

`bool user'?