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author | Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> | 2006-06-25 16:49:19 +0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-06-25 21:01:24 +0400 |
commit | 9e37bd301ee130598fa1406c1281caa159473bf8 (patch) | |
tree | c52de7a4eea72353e95c26266ad692a0cc0a8546 /include/linux/kthread.h | |
parent | b0ef371e3f9fa3b2571058be366a6780827ec0bf (diff) | |
download | linux-9e37bd301ee130598fa1406c1281caa159473bf8.tar.xz |
[PATCH] kthread: move kernel-doc and put it into DocBook
Move kthread API kernel-doc from kthread.h to kthread.c & fix it.
Add kthread API to kernel-api DocBook.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kthread.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kthread.h | 65 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h index ebdd41fd1082..7cce5dfa092f 100644 --- a/include/linux/kthread.h +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -4,37 +4,19 @@ #include <linux/err.h> #include <linux/sched.h> -/** - * kthread_create: create a kthread. - * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current). - * @data: data ptr for @threadfn. - * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. - * - * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel - * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start - * it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu(). - * - * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its - * argument. @threadfn can either call do_exit() directly if it is a - * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or - * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means - * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero - * or a negative error number: it will be passed to kthread_stop(). - * - * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). - */ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), void *data, const char namefmt[], ...); /** - * kthread_run: create and wake a thread. + * 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). */ + * wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). + */ #define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \ ({ \ struct task_struct *__k \ @@ -44,50 +26,9 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data), __k; \ }) -/** - * kthread_bind: bind a just-created kthread to a cpu. - * @k: thread created by kthread_create(). - * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on. - * - * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(), - * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be - * stopped (ie. just returned from kthread_create(). - */ void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu); - -/** - * kthread_stop: stop a thread created by kthread_create(). - * @k: thread created by kthread_create(). - * - * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and - * waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit() - * itself if you use this function! This can also be called after - * kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread - * will exit without calling threadfn(). - * - * Returns the result of threadfn(), or -EINTR if wake_up_process() - * was never called. */ int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k); - -/** - * kthread_stop_sem: stop a thread created by kthread_create(). - * @k: thread created by kthread_create(). - * @s: semaphore that @k waits on while idle. - * - * Does essentially the same thing as kthread_stop() above, but wakes - * @k by calling up(@s). - * - * Returns the result of threadfn(), or -EINTR if wake_up_process() - * was never called. */ int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s); - -/** - * kthread_should_stop: should this kthread return now? - * - * When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken - * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return - * value will be passed through to kthread_stop(). - */ int kthread_should_stop(void); #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */ |