Hi... > 1. In what situation we should not use the > kthread_create and instead we should use > kernel_thread() heavy call which does the do_fork()? from what I see, kthread_create actually queue your thread inside the existing workqueue, thus actually it is just a wrapper for submitting a new workqueue. While in the other hand, kernel_thread really forks new process so it has distinct task_struct property. > 2. What are the down(), up(), signal implecations of > kthread_create()? what do you mean here? > 3. How the O(1) schedular will handle threads created > using kthread_create()? Will these threads have high > priority? I think the scheduler will treat these threads the same thing like any other process. But the fact I saw that it is submitted to the workqueue, means it is executed in round robin fashion in regards with any other job submitted to the same workqueue. regards, Mulyadi -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
