Hi all,
I would like to use cifs inside linux-vserver guests. Discussion this with the
vserver people, we found that cifs is using the new kthread_run and the old
kernel_thread interface for starting kernel-threads. The old-style interface
renders cifs unusable inside a vserver-guest :-(
My questions:
i) Are there newer versions of cifs, where only kthread_run is used in all
places?
No - IIRC the original patch (for the switch of cifs from kernel_thread
to kthread) had a
minor implementation problem in handling the cifs_demultiplex thread, so
this one small
area was left with the old style.
iii) Is it difficult to switch to the new interface?
No, I don't think so, but I have not investigated it. We would be happy
to review and test a patch for this though.
gs cifs # grep kthread_run *.[ch]
cifsfs.c: oplockThread = kthread_run(cifs_oplock_thread,
NULL, "cifsoplockd");
cifsfs.c: dnotifyThread = kthread_run(cifs_dnotify_thread,
NULL, "cifsdnotifyd");
gs cifs # grep kernel_thread *.[ch]
cifs.mod.c: { 0x7e9ebb05, "kernel_thread" },
connect.c: rc = (int)kernel_thread((void *)(void
*)cifs_demultiplex_thread, srvTcp,
Thx,
Wilhelm
*********************************************
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
