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Kernel thread usage in device driver
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| #include <linux/module.h> | |
| #include <linux/init.h> | |
| #include <linux/fs.h> | |
| #include <linux/slab.h> | |
| #include <linux/kthread.h> | |
| #include <linux/sched.h> | |
| #include <linux/delay.h> | |
| MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | |
| static struct task_struct *ts; | |
| int kthread_func (void * data) | |
| { | |
| while( 1 ) | |
| { | |
| printk("Inside kernel thread \n"); | |
| if( kthread_should_stop() ) | |
| break; | |
| } | |
| do_exit(0); | |
| } | |
| static int __init thread_init(void) | |
| { | |
| ts = kthread_run(kthread_func, NULL, "kthread"); | |
| return 0; | |
| } | |
| static void __exit thread_exit(void) | |
| { | |
| printk("Stopping thread and exiting !!! \n"); | |
| kthread_stop(ts); | |
| } | |
| module_init(thread_init); | |
| module_exit(thread_exit); |
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