X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Flinux%2Fkthread.h;h=aabc8a13ba71c7b6f9eab1ddf3842b18800045d4;hb=c8485e4d634f6df155040293928707f127f0d06d;hp=ebdd41fd1082dfd77c7096e84ac9ec491ed82f8c;hpb=61e1a9ea4b425eb8c3b4965c35fe953bd881728f;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h index ebdd41f..aabc8a1 100644 --- a/include/linux/kthread.h +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -4,37 +4,20 @@ #include #include -/** - * 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[], ...); + const char namefmt[], ...) + __attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4))); /** - * kthread_run: create and wake a thread. + * kthread_run - create and wake a thread. * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current). * @data: data ptr for @threadfn. * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. * * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create() followed by - * wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread, or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). */ + * wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). + */ #define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \ ({ \ struct task_struct *__k \ @@ -44,50 +27,11 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), __k; \ }) -/** - * kthread_bind: bind a just-created kthread to a cpu. - * @k: thread created by kthread_create(). - * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on. - * - * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(), - * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be - * stopped (ie. just returned from kthread_create(). - */ void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu); - -/** - * kthread_stop: stop a thread created by kthread_create(). - * @k: thread created by kthread_create(). - * - * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and - * waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit() - * itself if you use this function! This can also be called after - * kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread - * will exit without calling threadfn(). - * - * Returns the result of threadfn(), or -EINTR if wake_up_process() - * was never called. */ int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k); - -/** - * kthread_stop_sem: stop a thread created by kthread_create(). - * @k: thread created by kthread_create(). - * @s: semaphore that @k waits on while idle. - * - * Does essentially the same thing as kthread_stop() above, but wakes - * @k by calling up(@s). - * - * Returns the result of threadfn(), or -EINTR if wake_up_process() - * was never called. */ -int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s); - -/** - * kthread_should_stop: should this kthread return now? - * - * When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken - * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return - * value will be passed through to kthread_stop(). - */ int kthread_should_stop(void); +int kthreadd(void *unused); +extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task; + #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */