Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:56:10 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: Kernel thread removal |
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 01:00:34AM +0800, James Yu wrote: > How do I remove a kernel thread in kernel mode ? > I write a C-function in one of the Linux source files and create a > kernel thread by invoking kernel_thread() to run the function, like: > "kernel_thread(a1, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | CLONE_SIGNAL);" > Function a1 simply invokes printk() to output some message on console. > I invoke do_exit(0); at the end of a1, but a1's task_struct still > exists in in task_struct list after its execution. > How do I remove it a1's task_struct upon its completion? I thought > explicitly invoke do_exit() ensures the removal of task_struct?
Please use the kthread_ api. See include/linux/kthread.h and kernel/kthread.c for details, or grep for kthread_ to find users. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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