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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 05/13] workqueue, ktask: renice helper threads to
 prevent starvation
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 08:33:19 -0800
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:45:54AM -0800, Daniel Jordan wrote:
> So instead of flush_work_at_nice, how about this?:
> 
> void renice_work_sync(work_struct *work, long nice);

Wouldn't renice_or_cancel make more sense?

Thanks.

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tejun