Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] macintosh/therm_windtunnel.c: Convert to kthread API. | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:53:00 +1000 |
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On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 16:37 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:58:48 -0600 > "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote: > > > Start the g4fand using kthread_run not a combination > > of kernel_thread and deamonize. This makes the code > > a little simpler and more maintainable. > > I had a bit of trouble reviewing this one because I was laughing so hard at > the attempted coding-style in that driver. Oh well.
Heh
> I continue creeping into Christoph's camp - there's quite a bit of > open-coded gunk which would go away if we were to teach this driver about > kthread_should_stop() and kthread_stop(), and the conversion looks awfully > easy to do. It's a shame to stop here. > > Oh well, I guess at least this is some forward progress.
My main problem with touching that driver is that I don't have the hardware to test. I'll try to find a user to play the ginea pig.
Ben.
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