From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/20] kthread: Use kthread worker API more widely
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:30:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160422183040.GW7822@mtj.duckdns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1460646879-617-1-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com>
Hello, Petr.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 05:14:19PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> My intention is to make it easier to manipulate and maintain kthreads.
> Especially, I want to replace all the custom main cycles with a
> generic one. Also I want to make the kthreads sleep in a consistent
> state in a common place when there is no work.
>
> My first attempt was with a brand new API (iterant kthread), see
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.api/11892 . But I was
> directed to improve the existing kthread worker API. This is
> the 4th iteration of the new direction.
>
> 1nd..10th patches: improve the existing kthread worker API
I glanced over them and they generally look good to me. Let's see how
people respond to actual conversions.
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-22 18:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-14 15:14 [PATCH v6 00/20] kthread: Use kthread worker API more widely Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 01/20] kthread/smpboot: Do not park in kthread_create_on_cpu() Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 02/20] kthread: Allow to call __kthread_create_on_node() with va_list args Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 03/20] kthread: Add create_kthread_worker*() Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 04/20] kthread: Add drain_kthread_worker() Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 05/20] kthread: Add destroy_kthread_worker() Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 06/20] kthread: Detect when a kthread work is used by more workers Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 07/20] kthread: Initial support for delayed kthread work Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 08/20] kthread: Allow to cancel " Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 09/20] kthread: Allow to modify delayed " Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 10/20] kthread: Better support freezable kthread workers Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 11/20] mm/huge_page: Convert khugepaged() into kthread worker API Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 12/20] ring_buffer: Convert benchmark kthreads " Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 13/20] hung_task: Convert hungtaskd " Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 14/20] kmemleak: Convert kmemleak kthread " Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 15/20] ipmi: Convert kipmi " Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 16/20] IB/fmr_pool: Convert the cleanup thread " Petr Mladek
[not found] ` <1460646879-617-17-git-send-email-pmladek-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-18 15:36 ` Doug Ledford
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 17/20] memstick/r592: Better synchronize debug messages in r592_io kthread Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 18/20] memstick/r592: convert r592_io kthread into kthread worker API Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 19/20] thermal/intel_powerclamp: Remove duplicated code that starts the kthread Petr Mladek
2016-04-14 15:14 ` [PATCH v6 20/20] thermal/intel_powerclamp: Convert the kthread to kthread worker API Petr Mladek
2016-08-25 8:33 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2016-08-25 11:37 ` Petr Mladek
2016-08-25 11:44 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2016-04-22 18:30 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2016-05-11 10:52 ` [PATCH v6 00/20] kthread: Use kthread worker API more widely Petr Mladek
2016-05-25 20:42 ` Tejun Heo
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