linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/12] workqueue: remove WORKER

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Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:24:02 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] workqueue: remove WORKER_PREP from rescuer

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 01:20:34AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> There is no reason to use WORKER_PREP, remove it from rescuer.
> 
> And there is no reason to set it so early in alloc_worker(),
> move "worker->flags = WORKER_PREP" to start_worker().

Merge this with the patch to add RESCUER to NOT_RUNNING?

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tejun
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