kthread.h File Reference

#include <core/system.h>
#include <sys/proc.h>

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Functions
int	kthread_create (const char *name, void(*fn)(void *), void *arg, struct thread **ref)
	Makes a kernel thread, and makes it ready to run.

Variables
struct proc *	kproc

Function Documentation

kthread_create()

int kthread_create	(	const char *	name,
		void(*	fn )(void *),
		void *	arg,
		struct thread **	ref )

Makes a kernel thread, and makes it ready to run.

Parameters

name	the thread's name, as ps shows it ("[net]")
fn	the function it runs, which must never return
arg	the argument fn is called with
ref	if not NULL, set to the new thread

Returns

0, or -ENOMEM if there was no memory for the thread

Definition at line 71 of file kthread.c.

References thread::arch, arch_kthread_create(), thread::karg, thread::kentry, kfree(), kproc, kproc_init(), kthread_create(), kthread_start(), thread::name, NULL, RUNNABLE, sched_thread_ready(), thread::spawned, thread::state, thread_new(), and proc::threads.

Referenced by kthread_create(), and netif_register().

Variable Documentation

kproc

struct proc* kproc

extern

Definition at line 23 of file kthread.c.

Referenced by kproc_init(), kthread_create(), signal_interrupts(), signal_send(), and signal_to().