On 2007-07-10 00:37 -0500, Juan RP wrote:
 
> But Matt Thomas told me some time ago that it's better to use
> workqueue(9) because using a dedicated kthread consumes more
> resources.

Doesn't workqueue_create() makes its own kthread (by way of
workqueue_initqueue()).  How is this more lightweight?

Though, I'll probably end up going with tron@'s (off-list) suggestion
and letting the LKM load hang indefinitely.

  - Oliver