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.TH "KTHREAD_RUN" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
kthread_run \- create and wake a thread\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'kthread_run('u
.BI "kthread_run(" "threadfn" ", " "data" ", " "namefmt" ", " "\&.\&.\&." ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIthreadfn\fR
.RS 4
the function to run until signal_pending(current)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIdata\fR
.RS 4
data ptr for
\fIthreadfn\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInamefmt\fR
.RS 4
printf\-style name for the thread\&.
.RE
.PP
\fI\&.\&.\&.\fR
.RS 4
variable arguments
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Convenient wrapper for
\fBkthread_create\fR
followed by
\fBwake_up_process\fR\&. Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(\-ENOMEM)\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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