Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Fri, 1 May 2020 11:30:38 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/4] allow multiple kthreadd's |
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On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 11:22 AM Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote: > > Looks fine to me too. I don't quite understand the usecase tho. It looks > like all it's being used for is to tag some kthreads as belonging to the > same group. Can't that be done with kthread_data()?
I _think_ Bruce wants the signal handling unification too, because nfsd wants to react to being shut down with signals.
But you're right, more explanation of why nfsd wants/needs a separate grouping is a good idea.
Linus
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