From: Jeff Layton Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] SUNRPC: Break up __svc_create_thread and make svc_create_kthread Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:18:58 -0500 Message-ID: <20071213161858.4bf8b770@tleilax.poochiereds.net> References: <1197578428-26815-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <1197578428-26815-2-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <1197578428-26815-3-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <20071213210643.GA28117@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, nfsv4@linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20071213210643.GA28117@infradead.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfsv4-bounces@linux-nfs.org Errors-To: nfsv4-bounces@linux-nfs.org List-ID: On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:06:44 +0000 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 03:40:24PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > Move the initialization that happens prior to thread creation to a > > new function (svc_prepare_thread) so that we can call it from a new > > thread creation routine. Add a new function svc_create_kthread that > > spawns svc threads using kthread API. > > > > We should be able to eventually convert all of the callers to the > > kthread API, at which point we can drop __svc_create_thread. > > > +static struct svc_rqst * > > +svc_prepare_thread(svc_thread_fn func, struct svc_serv *serv, > > + struct svc_pool *pool) > > Could you just export this helper? I'd rather have callers have full > control over how they create their threads and call into a helper to > initialize the sunrpc state. > Sure, sounds reasonable. Once I collect comments on this patch and do a respin, I'll plan to export that symbol. Thanks, -- Jeff Layton