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Date:      Sun, 17 Dec 2000 03:53:12 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kthread API
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012170349020.7753-100000@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001214135536.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, John Baldwin wrote:

> I'd like to make some of the kernel API's a little more consistent as far as in
> their naming.  The first one I'd like to tackle is the kthread API. 
> Specifically, I'd like to stick the whole API under a kthread_* API.  This
> would result in the following:
> 
> Old Name                New Name
> --------                --------
> kproc_start             kproc_start
> shutdown_kproc          kproc_shutdown
> kthread_create          kthread_create
> kthread_exit            kthread_exit
> resume_kproc            kthread_resume
> suspend_kproc           kthread_suspend
> kproc_suspend_loop      kthread_suspend_check

"kthread" is a silly abbreviation, like "vmemory" would be for "virtual
memory".

Bruce



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