linux-kernel - Re: How to completely disable async fastboot?

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Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:45:58 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
CC:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: How to completely disable async fastboot?

On 4/16/2009 3:31 AM, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:20:32 -0400
> Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
>> > commit 9710794383ee5008d67f1a6613a4717bf6de47bc
...
>> not only changes a default, it completely removes the ability to turn 
>> off async AFAICS.
> 
> this is on the request of Andrew and others who want to be able to use
> these API's (soon) in an "forced offload" scenario. 

Indeed, because the async API is a threadpool API.
However, 2.6.30-rc1 also gained David Howell's <linux/slow-work.h>, and
I for one am still wondering which one of these I'm going to use...
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