linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] work_on_cpu: Use our own workqueue.

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Date:	Wed, 4 Feb 2009 21:11:35 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	travis@....com, mingo@...hat.com, davej@...hat.com,
	cpufreq@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] work_on_cpu: Use our own workqueue.

On Wednesday 04 February 2009 13:31:11 Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:14:31 +1030 Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
> > I think you're right though: smp_call_function_single (or neat wrappers)
> > where possible, work_on_cpu which can fail for the others, and we'll just
> > have to plumb in the error returns.
> 
> I bet a lot of those can use plain old schedule_work_on().

Which is where work_on_cpu started: a little wrapper around schedule_work_on.

We're going in circles, no?
Rusty.
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