From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([65.50.211.133]:41511 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752041AbdFPHhB (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:37:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:36:58 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: NeilBrown Cc: Jens Axboe , linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] loop: Add PF_LESS_THROTTLE to block/loop device thread. Message-ID: <20170616073658.GA20514@infradead.org> References: <149758925866.10006.12779875832895865043.stgit@noble> <149758932925.10006.1411305319375332201.stgit@noble> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <149758932925.10006.1411305319375332201.stgit@noble> Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-block@vger.kernel.org why isn't loop using kthread_create_worker()? Why isn't the less throttle a flag to kthread_create_worker()? I hate all this open coding..