Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:20:49 -0400 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [RFC v2 02/18] kthread: Add create_kthread_worker*() |
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Hello, Petr.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 03:03:43PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote: > It enforces using kthread_worker_fn() for the main thread. But I doubt > that there are any plans to create any alternative. In fact, I think > that we do not want any alternative main thread because it would be > hard to support consistency with the rest of the kthread worker API.
The original intention was allowing users to use a wrapper function which sets up kthread attributes and then calls kthread_worker_fn(). That can be done by a work item too but is more cumbersome. Just wanted to note that. Will keep reading on.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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