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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: "Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@android.com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] workqueues: export keventd_wq
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:52:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BDA700C.3050509@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <t2gd6200be21004292239r582b8a43l2409491b8d32ef1b@mail.gmail.com>

On 04/30/2010 07:39 AM, Arve Hjønnevåg wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On 04/29/2010 09:45 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>> -static struct workqueue_struct *keventd_wq __read_mostly;
>>> +struct workqueue_struct *keventd_wq __read_mostly;
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(keventd_wq);
>>
>> Umm... does it have to be EXPORTed?  Suspend block API can't be built
>> as a module, right?
> 
> The suspend block api cannot be built as a module, but if
> schedule_suspend_blocking_work will just call
> queue_suspend_blocking_work(keventd_wq, work) it may as well be an
> inline function which would require the export.

I think it would be better to keep the thing inside the kernel, at
least for now.  It's not like we need to save cpu cycles spent on a
function call here (in block suspend API and in workqueue general).

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: "Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@android.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
	linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] workqueues: export keventd_wq
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:52:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BDA700C.3050509@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <t2gd6200be21004292239r582b8a43l2409491b8d32ef1b@mail.gmail.com>

On 04/30/2010 07:39 AM, Arve Hjønnevåg wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On 04/29/2010 09:45 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>> -static struct workqueue_struct *keventd_wq __read_mostly;
>>> +struct workqueue_struct *keventd_wq __read_mostly;
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(keventd_wq);
>>
>> Umm... does it have to be EXPORTed?  Suspend block API can't be built
>> as a module, right?
> 
> The suspend block api cannot be built as a module, but if
> schedule_suspend_blocking_work will just call
> queue_suspend_blocking_work(keventd_wq, work) it may as well be an
> inline function which would require the export.

I think it would be better to keep the thing inside the kernel, at
least for now.  It's not like we need to save cpu cycles spent on a
function call here (in block suspend API and in workqueue general).

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2010-04-30  5:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 117+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-28  4:31 [PATCH 0/9] Suspend block api (version 5) Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31 ` [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend block api Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31   ` [PATCH 2/8] PM: suspend_block: Add driver to access suspend blockers from user-space Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31     ` [PATCH 3/8] PM: suspend_block: Abort task freezing if a suspend_blocker is active Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31       ` [PATCH 4/8] PM: suspend_block: Add debugfs file Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31         ` [PATCH 5/8] PM: suspend_block: Add suspend_blocker stats Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31           ` [PATCH 6/8] PM: Add suspend blocking work Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31             ` [PATCH 7/8] Input: Block suspend while event queue is not empty Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31               ` [PATCH 8/8] power_supply: Block suspend while power supply change notifications are pending Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  4:31                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  6:06             ` [PATCH 6/8] PM: Add suspend blocking work Pavel Machek
2010-04-28  6:06               ` Pavel Machek
2010-04-28  6:44             ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28  6:44               ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28  7:02               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  7:02               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  7:18                 ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28  7:18                   ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28 19:40             ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-28 19:40             ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-28 20:22               ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28 20:22                 ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-28 21:08                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 21:08                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29 18:58                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-29 18:58                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-29 19:44                     ` [PATCH 0/2] workqueue fixlets (Was: PM: Add suspend blocking work.) Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-29 19:44                       ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-29 19:45                       ` [PATCH 1/2] workqueues: flush_delayed_work: keep the original workqueue for re-queueing Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-29 19:45                         ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-30  5:15                         ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30  5:15                           ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-29 19:45                       ` [PATCH 2/2] workqueues: export keventd_wq Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-29 19:45                         ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-30  5:16                         ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30  5:16                           ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30  5:39                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-30  5:39                             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-30  5:52                             ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2010-04-30  5:52                               ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30 18:05                               ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-30 18:05                                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-04-30 18:11                                 ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30 18:11                                   ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-29 21:08                     ` [PATCH 6/8] PM: Add suspend blocking work Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29 21:08                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 21:09               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 21:09                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 22:09                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28 22:19                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29  3:47                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-29  3:47                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-29 21:09                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29 21:09                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 22:19                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 22:09                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28  5:07       ` [PATCH 3/8] PM: suspend_block: Abort task freezing if a suspend_blocker is active Pavel Machek
2010-04-28  5:07       ` Pavel Machek
2010-04-28 20:58     ` [PATCH 2/8] PM: suspend_block: Add driver to access suspend blockers from user-space Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 22:31       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28 23:05         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 23:05         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 23:38           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-29 21:11             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29 21:11               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29 23:41               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-29 23:41                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28 23:38           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28 22:31       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28 20:58     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28  6:07   ` [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend block api Pavel Machek
2010-04-28  6:07     ` Pavel Machek
2010-04-28 19:13   ` Alan Stern
2010-04-28 19:13   ` Alan Stern
2010-04-28 21:13     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 21:13     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 23:35       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-28 23:35       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-29 15:41         ` Alan Stern
2010-04-29 15:41           ` Alan Stern
2010-04-29 23:39           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-29 23:39             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-30 14:41             ` Alan Stern
2010-04-30 14:41               ` Alan Stern
2010-04-28 20:50   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-28 20:50   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29  3:37     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-29  3:37     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-04-29 21:16       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-29 21:16         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-30  4:24         ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30  4:24           ` Tejun Heo
2010-04-30 17:26           ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-05-20  8:30             ` Tejun Heo
2010-05-20  8:30             ` Tejun Heo
2010-05-20 22:27               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-05-21  6:35                 ` Tejun Heo
2010-05-21  6:35                   ` Tejun Heo
2010-05-20 22:27               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-04-30 17:26           ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-05-06 15:18   ` Alan Stern
2010-05-06 19:28     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-05-06 19:28     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-05-06 19:40       ` Alan Stern
2010-05-06 19:40       ` Alan Stern
2010-05-06 23:48         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-07 14:22           ` Alan Stern
2010-05-07 14:22           ` Alan Stern
2010-05-06 23:48         ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2010-05-06 15:18   ` Alan Stern

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