linux-kernel - Re: workqueue flush

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Message-ID: <20080627175633.GA842@tv-sign.ru>
Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:56:33 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, jarkao2@...pl,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: workqueue flush_work() patches

On 06/27, Max Krasnyansky wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure if you guys saw my last email on this. So I'll restart the 
> thread.
> If you guys are ok with the summary I provided below I can put all 
> Oleg's patches into some git tree, test them on my boxes and resend to 
> Andrew.

I'll re-send these flush_work() patches to Andrew on Sunday,

> I was also going to go over the users of flush_queued_work() and 
> convert them to cancel_work_sync() and/or flush_work().

I think this would be very nice in any case.

but I don't think flush_work() will find a lot of users...

Oleg.

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