kthread_run(9)

kthread_run9

Create and wake a thread.

Usage

kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...);

Arguments

threadfn

the function to run until signal_pending(current).

data

data ptr for threadfn.

namefmt

printf-style name for the thread.

...

variable arguments

Overview

Convenient wrapper for kthread_create followed by wake_up_process. Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.