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| 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/kthread.9 202933 2010-01-24 15:07:00Z attilio $ | 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/kthread.9 233648 2012-03-29 05:02:12Z eadler $ |
| 27.\" 28.Dd January 24, 2010 29.Dt KTHREAD 9 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm kthread_start , 33.Nm kthread_shutdown , 34.Nm kthread_add , --- 42 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 77This new family of 78.Fn kthread_* 9 79functions was added to produce 80.Em real 81kernel threads. 82See the 83.Xr kproc 9 84man page for more information on the renamed calls. | 27.\" 28.Dd January 24, 2010 29.Dt KTHREAD 9 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm kthread_start , 33.Nm kthread_shutdown , 34.Nm kthread_add , --- 42 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 77This new family of 78.Fn kthread_* 9 79functions was added to produce 80.Em real 81kernel threads. 82See the 83.Xr kproc 9 84man page for more information on the renamed calls. |
| 85Also note that the | 85Also note that the |
| 86.Fn kproc_kthread_add 9 87function appears in both pages as its functionality is split. 88.Pp 89The function 90.Fn kthread_start 91is used to start 92.Dq internal 93daemons such as --- 85 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 179argument list that is used to build the name of the new thread and is stored 180in the 181.Va td_name 182member of the new thread's 183.Vt "struct thread" . 184.Pp 185The 186.Fn kproc_kthread_add | 86.Fn kproc_kthread_add 9 87function appears in both pages as its functionality is split. 88.Pp 89The function 90.Fn kthread_start 91is used to start 92.Dq internal 93daemons such as --- 85 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 179argument list that is used to build the name of the new thread and is stored 180in the 181.Va td_name 182member of the new thread's 183.Vt "struct thread" . 184.Pp 185The 186.Fn kproc_kthread_add |
| 187function is much like the | 187function is much like the |
| 188.Fn kthread_add 189function above except that if the kproc does not already | 188.Fn kthread_add 189function above except that if the kproc does not already |
| 190exist, it is created. 191This function is better documented in the | 190exist, it is created. 191This function is better documented in the |
| 192.Xr kproc 9 193manual page. 194.Pp 195The 196.Fn kthread_exit 197function is used to terminate kernel threads. 198It should be called by the main function of the kernel thread rather than 199letting the main function return to its caller. --- 150 unchanged lines hidden --- | 192.Xr kproc 9 193manual page. 194.Pp 195The 196.Fn kthread_exit 197function is used to terminate kernel threads. 198It should be called by the main function of the kernel thread rather than 199letting the main function return to its caller. --- 150 unchanged lines hidden --- |