linux-hardened/include/linux/kthread.h
Rusty Russell ed9559d38a Label kthread_create() with printf attribute tag.
Obvious misc patch been in my queue (& linux-next) for over a cycle.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-24 19:11:15 -07:00

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#ifndef _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
#define _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
/* Simple interface for creating and stopping kernel threads without mess. */
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
void *data,
const char namefmt[], ...)
__attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
/**
* kthread_run - create and wake a thread.
* @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
* @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
* @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
*
* Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create() followed by
* wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
*/
#define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \
({ \
struct task_struct *__k \
= kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \
if (!IS_ERR(__k)) \
wake_up_process(__k); \
__k; \
})
void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
int kthread_should_stop(void);
int kthreadd(void *unused);
extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
#endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */