Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:41:10 +0100 (BST) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: please revert kthread from loop.c |
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > Very sorry.
No problem, just something I happened to notice, that's all.
> Subject: [PATCH] kthread: convert loop.c to use kthread > > Convert loop.c to use kthread in place of the deprecated > kernel_thread. > > Update: Keep the lo_done completion to indicate when the > loop_thread is ready. Otherwise a user gets the > go-ahead early and may start an ioctl before > loop_thread is in fact ready. > > Also fix some other bugs including misnaming the thread, > found by Andrew Morton, and not setting lo->thread as > pointed out by Hugh Dickins. > > This version has passed parallel runs of the following > script (on different devices of course), i.e.
But not good for me. Gets further e.g. 170 iterations, but then hangs while kthread_stop waits for completion.
I haven't investigated further. Is there really any reason to be messing with what has worked well for so long here?
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