Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:46:57 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kthread API Message-ID: <XFMail.001216104657.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012170349020.7753-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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On 16-Dec-00 Bruce Evans wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > >> I'd like to make some of the kernel API's a little more consistent as far as >> in >> their naming. The first one I'd like to tackle is the kthread API. >> Specifically, I'd like to stick the whole API under a kthread_* API. This >> would result in the following: >> >> Old Name New Name >> -------- -------- >> kproc_start kproc_start >> shutdown_kproc kproc_shutdown >> kthread_create kthread_create >> kthread_exit kthread_exit >> resume_kproc kthread_resume >> suspend_kproc kthread_suspend >> kproc_suspend_loop kthread_suspend_check > > "kthread" is a silly abbreviation, like "vmemory" would be for "virtual > memory". It has prior precedent in that it is already used, and that both NetBSD and OpenBSD use kthread_* for their kthread API. > Bruce -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.Baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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