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1 | #ifndef _LINUX_KTHREAD_H |
2 | #define _LINUX_KTHREAD_H | |
3 | /* Simple interface for creating and stopping kernel threads without mess. */ | |
4 | #include <linux/err.h> | |
5 | #include <linux/sched.h> | |
6 | ||
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7 | struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), |
8 | void *data, | |
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9 | const char namefmt[], ...) |
10 | __attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4))); | |
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11 | |
12 | /** | |
9e37bd30 | 13 | * kthread_run - create and wake a thread. |
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14 | * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current). |
15 | * @data: data ptr for @threadfn. | |
16 | * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. | |
17 | * | |
18 | * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create() followed by | |
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19 | * wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). |
20 | */ | |
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21 | #define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \ |
22 | ({ \ | |
23 | struct task_struct *__k \ | |
24 | = kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \ | |
25 | if (!IS_ERR(__k)) \ | |
26 | wake_up_process(__k); \ | |
27 | __k; \ | |
28 | }) | |
29 | ||
1da177e4 | 30 | void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu); |
1da177e4 | 31 | int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k); |
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32 | int kthread_should_stop(void); |
33 | ||
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34 | int kthreadd(void *unused); |
35 | extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task; | |
36 | ||
1da177e4 | 37 | #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */ |