linux-kernel - Re: Overview of concurrency managed workqueue

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:41:04 -0700
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, awalls@...ix.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jeff@...zik.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	cl@...ux-foundation.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
	arjan@...ux.intel.com, johannes@...solutions.net, oleg@...hat.com,
	axboe@...nel.dk
Subject: Re: Overview of concurrency managed workqueue

On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 15:30 +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On 06/16/2010 03:27 PM, Daniel Walker wrote:
> >> Yes, that is.  With new cmwq, a wq can't assume association with
> >> specific kthread and thus can't use wq as simple frontend to kthreads,
> >> but if somebody wants dedicated kthreads instead of shared ones in
> >> units of work, [s]he should be using kthread.
> > 
> > I'm not talking about coders using workqueues when they should be using
> > kthreads .. We're talking about currently existing workqueues. Aren't
> > you converting all _current_ workqueues to your system?
> 
> Yes, sure I'm but which current users are you talking about?

Any workqueue that has a thread which can be prioritized from userspace.
As long as there is a thread it can usually be given a priority from
userspace, so any _current_ workqueue which uses a single thread or
multiple threads is an example of what I'm talking about.

Daniel

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