Re: [PATCH] Add module_kernel_thread for threads that live in modules.

Andrey Klochko (andrey@chenas.mae.cornell.edu)
Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:20:05 -0400

Thanks for expalining that.

Andrey

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 03:33:26PM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:
> On Thursday June 5, andrey@morgon.mae.cornell.edu wrote:
> > >
> > > - /* Release module */
> > > - unlock_kernel();
> >
> > You've locked the kernel and didn't unlock it.
> >
>
> This was just before the thread exited. When a thread exits it
> automatically drops the kernel lock anyway. It seemed un-necessary to
> explicitly unlock it aswell.
>
> NeilBrown

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