linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/13] workqueue: record global worker ID instead of pool ID in work->data when off-queue

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Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2013 23:18:52 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <eag0628@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] workqueue: record global worker ID instead of pool
 ID in work->data when off-queue

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> One more thing.
>
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 02:41:36AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>> @@ -1216,7 +1198,11 @@ static int try_to_grab_pending(struct work_struct *work, bool is_dwork,
>>               list_del_init(&work->entry);
>>               cwq_dec_nr_in_flight(get_work_cwq(work), get_work_color(work));
>>
>> -             clear_work_cwq(work, pool->id);
>> +             /* Does the work is still running? */
>> +             worker = find_worker_executing_work(pool, work);
>> +             worker_gwid = worker ? worker->gwid: WORK_OFFQ_WORKER_NONE;
>> +             clear_work_cwq(work, worker_gwid);
>
> Any chance we can remove the busy_hash?  Having to keep it around
> isn't a big deal but it would be nice if can get rid of it.

It is very possible, but it needs a different trade-off.
And I didn't plan to implement it in the series.
I will discus it when this series is settled down.

Thanks,
lai

>
> Thanks.
>
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