Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264494AbTFQA5o (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:57:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264495AbTFQA5o (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:57:44 -0400 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:41864 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264494AbTFQA5n (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:57:43 -0400 From: Rusty Russell To: Martin Diehl Cc: NeilBrown , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@zip.com.au Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add module_kernel_thread for threads that live in modules. In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:27:42 +0200." Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:11:14 +1000 Message-Id: <20030617011137.AF4562C074@lists.samba.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 670 Lines: 17 In message you write: > IMHO cleanup_thread would be something one MUST NOT call with any lock > hold, not even a semaphore if it might get acquired anywhere else in > keventd-context. Err, yes. I thought this was fairly clear. cf. del_timer_sync and a timer function. Cheers, Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/