cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fdc fdc.c fdcvar.h

[Nate Lawson]

John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday 23 September 2004 07:19 pm, Nate Lawson wrote:
>>Or simpler:
>>
>>foo_kill():
>>         error = kthread_suspend(p, kproc_shutdown_wait * hz);
>>         if (error == EWOULDBLOCK)
>>                 printf("timed out\n");
>>
>>foo_thread():
>>         for (;;) {
>>                 mtx_unlock(&bdlock);
>>                 kthread_suspend_check(bufdaemonproc);
>>                 ...
>>                 mtx_lock(&bdlock);
>>                 if (numdirtybuffers <= lodirtybuffers)
>>                         msleep(&bd_request, &bdlock, PVM, "psleep", hz);
> 
> 
> That doesn't actually cause the thread to exit, it just goes to sleep.  If fdc 
> wants to support detaching and kldunload it needs the thread to actually go 
> away, not just go to sleep.

If a thread is suspended and the module is unloaded, what would be the 
failure case?

-- 
Nate