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From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
To: <tao.peng@emc.com>
Cc: <bhalevy@tonian.com>, <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>,
	<linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>, <honey@citi.umich.edu>,
	<rees@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] pnfs: introduce pnfs private workqueue
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:38:14 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E79BE96.1070905@panasas.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F19688880B763E40B28B2B462677FBF805C4952A24@MX09A.corp.emc.com>

On 09/21/2011 01:23 PM, tao.peng@emc.com wrote:
> 
> Unless we do following:
> 1. preallocate memory for extent state convertion
> 2. use nfsiod/rpciod to handle bl_write_cleanup
> 3. for pnfs error case, create a kthread to recollapse and resend to MDS
> 
> not sure if it worth the complexity though...
> 
> Cheers,
> Tao
> 

Please forgive my ignorance but what is the big difference between
a kthread and a workqueue? I thought a workqueue is just a kthread
and some memory structures (list).

I agree with "keep things simple"

But what do I know ;-)

Thanks
Boaz

  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-21 10:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-20  3:18 [PATCH 0/3] replacement for "introduce pnfs private workqueue" Jim Rees
2011-09-20  3:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] pnfsblock: add missing rpc_put_mount and path_put Jim Rees
2011-09-20  3:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] pnfs: introduce pnfs private workqueue Jim Rees
2011-09-20 22:41   ` Trond Myklebust
2011-09-21  0:29     ` Jim Rees
2011-09-21  2:44       ` tao.peng
2011-09-21  4:20         ` Myklebust, Trond
2011-09-21  5:16           ` tao.peng
2011-09-21  7:04             ` Benny Halevy
2011-09-21 10:23               ` tao.peng
2011-09-21 10:38                 ` Boaz Harrosh [this message]
2011-09-21 11:04                   ` tao.peng
2011-09-21 10:56                 ` Benny Halevy
2011-09-21 11:10                   ` tao.peng
2011-09-21 11:27                     ` Benny Halevy
2011-09-21 11:42                       ` Boaz Harrosh
2011-09-21 11:50                         ` Benny Halevy
2011-09-21 13:56                           ` Boaz Harrosh
2011-09-21 15:45                             ` Peng Tao
2011-09-21 16:03                               ` Trond Myklebust
2011-09-22  3:30                                 ` tao.peng
2011-09-22  7:17                                 ` Boaz Harrosh
2011-09-21  4:22       ` Myklebust, Trond
2011-09-20  3:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] SQUASHME: pnfs: simplify and clean up pnfsiod workqueue Jim Rees
2011-09-21 11:52 ` [PATCH 0/3] replacement for "introduce pnfs private workqueue" Benny Halevy
2011-09-21 12:32   ` Jim Rees
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-09-10 17:41 [PATCH 0/3] pnfs private workqueue, and two cleanups Jim Rees
2011-09-10 17:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] pNFS: introduce pnfs private workqueue Jim Rees
2011-09-11 14:51   ` Benny Halevy
2011-09-11 15:15     ` Benny Halevy

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