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The way the per task_struct exit_code is used by kernel threads is not quite compatible how it is used by userspace applications. The low byte of the userspace exit_code value encodes the exit signal. While kthreads just use the value as an int holding ordinary kernel function exit status like -EPERM. Add kthread_exit to clearly separate the two kinds of uses. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.