kthread_should_stop(9)

kthread_should_stop9

Should this kthread return now?

Usage

bool kthread_should_stop(void);

Arguments

void

no arguments

Overview

When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken and this will return true. You should then return, and your return value will be passed through to kthread_stop.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.