From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264243AbTEOUKL (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 16:10:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264244AbTEOUKL (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 16:10:11 -0400 Received: from 136.231.118.64.mia-ftl.netrox.net ([64.118.231.136]:11716 "EHLO smtp.netrox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264243AbTEOUJX (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 May 2003 16:09:23 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v2 From: Robert Love To: shaheed Cc: Felipe Alfaro Solana , Andrew Morton , LKML In-Reply-To: <200305152107.17419.srhaque@iee.org> References: <1050146434.3e97f68300fff@netmail.pipex.net> <1052990397.3ec35bbd5e008@netmail.pipex.net> <1053012743.899.5.camel@icbm> <200305152107.17419.srhaque@iee.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1053030280.899.27.camel@icbm> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.3.3 (1.3.3-2) (Preview Release) Date: 15 May 2003 16:24:41 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 16:07, shaheed wrote: > I'm sorry to appear foolish, but as explained above, I genuinely don't > understand why this does not belong in the kernel. I would be grateful for > elaboration. If I really am being thick, then just ignore me and I'll just > solve this for myself using route 4. Oh, one other problem with doing it in the kernel via INIT_TASK: You end up affining any kernel threads, which you absolutely do not want to do _implicitly_. Maybe explicitly, but certainly not implicitly as a blind consequence. Doing it via init is really the way to go. Regards, Robert Love