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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:57:16 -0400
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 07/12] kthread: Add kthread_destroy_worker()
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 01:17:26PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> The current kthread worker users call flush() and stop() explicitly.
> This function drains the worker, stops it, and frees the kthread_worker
> struct in one call.
> 
> It is supposed to be used together with kthread_create_worker*() that
> allocates struct kthread_worker.
> 
> Also note that drain() correctly handles self-queuing works in compare
> with flush().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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