kthread_stop(9)
NAME
kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create.
SYNOPSIS
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct * k);
ARGUMENTS
- k
- thread created by kthread_create.
DESCRIPTION
Sets kthread_should_stop for k to return true, wakes it, and waits for it to exit. Your threadfn must not call do_exit itself if you use this function! This can also be called after kthread_create instead of calling wake_up_process: the thread will exit without calling threadfn.
Returns the result of threadfn, or -EINTR if wake_up_process was never
called.