On Thu, 31 May 2012 18:24:47 -0700, viro wrote: >On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 09:11:32AM +0800, majianpeng wrote: >> On Thu, 31 May 2012 17:00:54 +0100 , viro wrote: >> >On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 03:16:18PM +0800, majianpeng wrote: >> >> In Commit 7d74f492e4dd0034a61458eb80f70b1d2862ed07,author said: >> >> "This allows drivers who call this function to be compiled modularly. >> >> Otherwise, a driver who is interested in this type of functionality >> >> has to implement their own get_task_comm() call, causing code >> >> duplication in the Linux source tree." >> >> >> >> But author did not say about set_task_comm().At present,I used it but >> >> compiled error.To the same purpose, it should export. >> >> >Are you doing that to preexisting process? Or just to a kernel thread >> >you are creating? In the latter case, you really ought to use >> >kthread_create() instead of bare-metal kernel_thread()... >> >> Yes, I am doing that to preexisting process and in module.So I think it should export. > >Why is that module playing with ->comm[] of process it hadn't spawned? >Note that _reading_ ->comm[] has fairly mundane uses - debugging printks >and all such. Changing it, OTOH... > >Details, please; "my module calls that, so it should be exported" is not enough. This module is md. It created a thread with kthread_run.But the name is wrong because using some old information. Because it has mode places like this, so I thought to change the name at run-place . If so, I can modify the ->comm[] directly? -------------- majianpeng ?韬{.n?????%??檩??w?{.n???{饼?z鳐??骅w*jg????????G??⒏⒎?:+v????????????"??????