From ec2483a02dc3c9c7e04caaf7976272010047e795 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rusty Russell Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:56:04 +1000 Subject: misc:kthread-typesafe Straight-forward conversion to allow typesafe callbacks. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell --- kernel/kthread.c | 29 +++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index bd1b9ea024e1..9eb21645765f 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -111,29 +111,10 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create) complete(&create->done); } -/** - * kthread_create - create a kthread. - * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current). - * @data: data ptr for @threadfn. - * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. - * - * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel - * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start - * it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu(). - * - * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its - * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a - * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or - * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means - * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero - * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop(). - * - * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). - */ -struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), - void *data, - const char namefmt[], - ...) +struct task_struct *__kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), + void *data, + const char namefmt[], + ...) { struct kthread_create_info create; @@ -158,7 +139,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), } return create.result; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kthread_create); /** * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu. -- cgit v1.2.3