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List:       linux-net
Subject:    kernel threads
From:       KrnlNewbie <kdp102 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2005-08-31 6:03:26
Message-ID: 20050831060327.43020.qmail () web80213 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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Hi

Can I create threads inside kernel like pthreads in
user space? If so, how do I get id for a thread? Can I
use current->pid?

thanks

--- Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:

> Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Al Boldi wrote:
> > > All modes work fine when the bond is not part of
> the bridge.
> >
> > Odd..
> >
> > > The message stops when one of the bonded devs
> like eth1 is downed.
> >
> > Naturally if the cause is what I described:
> bonding without proper support
> > from the switch, causing packets to loop back on
> the other interfaces in
> > the bond.
> 
> TLB mode doesn't need any switch support, yet the
> message persists when part 
> of the bridge.
> 
> Does this mean that the kernel bridge does not
> support bonding?
> 
> > > Also, what's the idea of this tight IP to devMAC
> relationship?
> > > Shouldn't the IP be on a different level of
> abstraction from the lower
> > > dev abstraction and then linked via some map?
> >
> > No idea what "tight IP to devMAC relationship" you
> are talking about. The
> > two are pretty separate from each other.
> 
> Should an IP be bound to a dev?
> 
> > The local IP stack will get somewhat upset if it
> receives IP packets with
> > a source IP matching one of it's own interfaces,
> as this indicates
> > something is wrong in the network either an IP
> conflict or packets being
> > looped back to the sender host.
> 
> Ping from the local host to a non-existent IP
> reproduces the message.
> 
> Can the bridge handle broadcasts looping back?
> 
> --
> Al
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