linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel:async function call:introduce async_run

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Date:	Mon, 18 May 2009 13:07:38 +0200
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, tom.leiming@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel:async function call:introduce
 async_run_inatomic(v2)

On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:03:58 -0700,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:

> there are some very good reasons to have the option to wait for all;
> module unloading comes to mind for example.

So we would need async_run_synchronize() as something that waits on the
special domain for those cases...

> 
> I'd not like it to automatically punt all async "inatomic" work to a
> separate space; that should be an option for the caller.

I think the idea is only to push the "simple" cases to that domain; a
normal "inatomic" function that allows a domain to be specified should
be added as well.
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