update the comment in kthread_stop()
Commit 63706172f3
("kthreads: rework
kthread_stop()") removed the limitation that the thread function mysr
not call do_exit() itself, but forgot to update the comment.
Since that commit it is OK to use kthread_stop() even if kthread can
exit itself.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@ -180,10 +180,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
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* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
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*
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* Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
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* waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit()
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* itself if you use this function! This can also be called after
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* kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread
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* will exit without calling threadfn().
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* waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
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* instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
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* calling threadfn().
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*
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* If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
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* task_struct can't go away.
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*
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* Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
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* was never called.
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