Re: Missing rump_kthread_destroy() ?

[Paul Goyette <paul%vps1.whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 19 Apr 2015, Antti Kantee wrote:

> > Is there a reason for not providing kthread_destroy()?  How difficult
> > would it be to add it?
>
> The right thing to use is kthread_exit().

Doesn't kthread_exit() need to be called from within the victim/target ?

Would it be "reasonable" (for some value thereof) for the module cleanup 
routine to set a flag "please_exit" and then call kthread_join().  Then 
the target thread can check the flag and exit if set.





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