KTHREAD_WORKER_FN

Section: Driver Basics (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker  

SYNOPSIS

int kthread_worker_fn(void * worker_ptr);
 

ARGUMENTS

worker_ptr

pointer to initialized kthread_worker
 

DESCRIPTION

This function can be used as threadfn to kthread_create or kthread_run with worker_ptr argument pointing to an initialized kthread_worker. The started kthread will process work_list until the it is stopped with kthread_stop. A kthread can also call this function directly after extra initialization.

Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time. A kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued kthread_works.  

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