Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:34:22 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Joerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 kthread.9 Message-ID: <415492DE.4070801@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200409241633.06963.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200409241958.i8OJwm8Y051147@repoman.freebsd.org> <200409241633.06963.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: >On Friday 24 September 2004 03:58 pm, Joerg Wunsch wrote: > > >>joerg 2004-09-24 19:58:47 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> share/man/man9 kthread.9 >> Log: >> Document that kthread_exit()ing will cause a wakeup(9) on the thread >> handle. >> >> MFC after: 1 week >> >> > >It's not the thread handle, it's the proc pointer: > > /* > * If this is a kthread, then wakeup anyone waiting for it to exit. > */ > if (p->p_flag & P_KTHREAD) > could be an idea to use something thread specific as it is possible that kernel therads may some day become actual threads in one "kernel" process. The things that stop this at the moment include that there is no p_comm field in a thread so 'ps' would ahve nothing to show to identify what the threads were.. I have been considerring adding a td_desc field to threads to be used in teh same way... > > >
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