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Date:      Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:49:25 +0100 (CET)
From:      "Anders Nor Berle" <debolaz@debolaz.com>
To:        <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>, <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: kern/33124: kthread_create doesnt mark kthreads as kthreads.
Message-ID:  <54540.62.179.128.205.1010684965.squirrel@webmail.debolaz.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.020109121936.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <XFMail.020109121936.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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> This is actually kind of bogus.  Nobody uses this flag except aio, and aio just sets
> the flag, no code actually checks it.  P_KTHREAD is a new flag in -current used in a
> few places.  Unless the submitter has code that actually checks P_KTHREADP and needs
> it set for some reason, I would rather see the flag killed. One thing that might be
> nice to MFC is changing aio to use kthread_create rather than using its own
> home-rolled version.
>
Well, I do have some code, related to jail, which checks for P_KTHREADP, but if P_KTHREAD
becomes available instead, that'll do of course. I was just following what was already
there. :)

- Anders Nor Berle





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