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.TH "KTHREAD_WORKER_FN" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
kthread_worker_fn \- kthread function to process kthread_worker
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ kthread_worker_fn('u
.BI "int kthread_worker_fn(void\ *\ " "worker_ptr" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIworker_ptr\fR
.RS 4
pointer to initialized kthread_worker
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function can be used as
\fIthreadfn\fR
to
\fBkthread_create\fR
or
\fBkthread_run\fR
with
\fIworker_ptr\fR
argument pointing to an initialized kthread_worker\&. The started kthread will process work_list until the it is stopped with
\fBkthread_stop\fR\&. A kthread can also call this function directly after extra initialization\&.
.PP
Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long as there\*(Aqs only one kthread attached to it at any given time\&. A kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued kthread_works\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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