On Tue 2015-07-28 13:26:57, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 04:39:23PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote: > > I would like to make cleaner kthread worker API and hide the definition > > of struct kthread_worker. It will prevent any custom hacks and make > > the API more secure. > > > > This patch provides an API to check if the worker has been created > > and hides the implementation details. > > Maybe it'd be a better idea to make create_kthread_worker() allocate > and return pointer to struct kthread_worker? You're adding > create/destroy interface anyway, it won't need a separate created > query function and the synchronization rules would be self-evident. Makes sense. I actually did it this way in one temporary version and reverted it from some ugly reason. Best Regards, Petr -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe live-patching" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
