linux-kernel - Re: workqueue thing

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Message-ID: <4B321DD6.90408@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:40:38 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, awalls@...ix.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com, avi@...hat.com,
	johannes@...solutions.net, andi@...stfloor.org
Subject: Re: workqueue thing

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> (Plus reduction in driver complexity can be measured as well, in the diffstat 
> space.)
> 
> So there's no leap of faith needed really, IMHO.

To measure this properly by means of diffstat, first convert typical
create_singlethread_workqueue users to <linux/slow-work.h>, then convert
them back to <linux/workqueue.h>.  Then look at the diffstat of the
_second_ step.
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Stefan Richter
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