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Re: pthread in kernel modules?

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 19:38, Chris Wright wrote:

> kernel_thread would be the right thing if you want to create a thread in
> a module.
Isn't it true that both kernel_thread and pthread_create call the clone
system call? That's the heritage I believe they share...

Of course, I've never really understood why kernel_thread() would call a
system call from kernel space...

Kashif


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