[Devel] Re: [PATCH] bluetooth bnep: Convert to kthread API.

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:58:51 -0600
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission.com> wrote:

> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com>
> 
> This patch starts kbenpd using kthread_run replacing
> a combination of kernel_thread and daemonize.  Making
> the code a little simpler and more maintainable.
> 
>

	while (!atomic_read(&s->killed)) {

ho hum.

> +	task = kthread_run(bnep_session, s, "kbnepd %s", dev->name);

It's unusual to have a kernel thread which has a space in its name.  That
could trip up infufficient-defensive userspace tools.

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