linux-kernel - Re: Overview of concurrency managed workqueue

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Message-ID: <4C18D574.1040903@kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:45:24 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.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 06/16/2010 03:41 PM, Daniel Walker wrote:
> 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.

Eh... what's the use case for that?  That's just so wrong.  What do
you do after a suspend/resume cycle?  Reprioritize all of them from
suspend/resume hooks?

-- 
tejun
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