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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2012-02-19 06:14:24 +0000
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2012-02-19 06:14:24 +0000
commit6fafeb146e9efd59140ea58cebd7dd38ae9a6379 (patch)
tree7db89ba6a28932514b105d620bba4884ec332ec3 /libdde_linux26/contrib/include/linux/kthread.h
parent38c2c2458e3f4ecb329ff35621806252aac209b9 (diff)
parent8df772b3c665e663f6f9d2a70f9c691590bd3f91 (diff)
Merge branch 'dde' into upstream-merged
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+#ifndef _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
+#define _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
+/* Simple interface for creating and stopping kernel threads without mess. */
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
+ void *data,
+ const char namefmt[], ...)
+ __attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
+
+/**
+ * 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).
+ */
+#define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \
+({ \
+ struct task_struct *__k \
+ = kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \
+ if (!IS_ERR(__k)) \
+ wake_up_process(__k); \
+ __k; \
+})
+
+void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
+int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
+int kthread_should_stop(void);
+
+int kthreadd(void *unused);
+extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */