Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API

> Since we need to have some way to track them having an explicit data
> structure that the callers manage seems to make sense.

Oh sure, I wasn't arguing against that at all...

It might be handy to have a release() callback (optional) that gets
called after the kthread stops/exits, once we know the data structure
isn't going to be used anymore (if practical to implement, depends on
your approach).

Ben.


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References:
- Remaining straight forward kthread API conversions...
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
- [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: [email protected] (Linas Vepstas)
- Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
- Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)
- Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] powerpc pseries eeh: Convert to kthread API
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)

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