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Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:29:22 -0800
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Ben Skeggs <skeggsb@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/32] drm/nouveau: use system_wq instead of
 dev_priv->wq

Hello,

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 11:16:05AM +1000, Ben Skeggs wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 11:07 +1000, Ben Skeggs wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 14:49 +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > > With cmwq, there's no reason for nouveau to use a dedicated workqueue.
> > > Drop dev_priv->wq and use system_wq instead.
> > > 
> > > Because nouveau_irq_uninstall() may be called from unsleepable
> > > context, the work items can't be flushed from there.  Instead, init
> > > and flush from nouveau_load/unload().
> > Ehh, ok, why not!  I'll push this through the nouveau tree, and it'll
> > get to Dave from there.
>
> On second thoughts, this won't apply on top of current nouveau code
> that's queued for 2.6.38.  Can you rebase on top of Dave's drm-next tree
> please.

We already missed this merge window, so I'll refresh the patch once
the window is closed and resend.

Thank you.

-- 
tejun
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