linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] Make non-singlethreaded workqueues freezeable by default

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Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:57:14 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, paulmck@...ibm.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	vatsa@...ibm.com, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, mingo@...e.hu,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, dino@...ibm.com,
	masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] Make non-singlethreaded workqueues freezeable by default

On 04/02, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
>
> +extern struct workqueue_struct *create_freeze_exempted_workqueue(const char *name, int freeze_exempt_events);
> +
> +extern struct workqueue_struct *create_singlethread_workqueue(const char *name);

I bet akpm will say something about 110-column declaration...

> +struct workqueue_struct *create_workqueue(const char *name)
> +{
> +	return __create_workqueue(name, 0, FE_NONE);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(create_workqueue);
> +
> +struct workqueue_struct *create_freeze_exempted_workqueue(const char *name,
> +							int freeze_exempt_events)
> +{
> +	return __create_workqueue(name, 0, freeze_exempt_events);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(create_freeze_exempted_workqueue);
> +
> +struct workqueue_struct *create_singlethread_workqueue(const char *name)
> +{
> +	return __create_workqueue(name, 1, FE_ALL);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(create_singlethread_workqueue);

EXPORT_SYMBOL() has a cost, and these functions are simple wrappers. How about
static inline?

Oleg.

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