linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET] backing-dev: replace private thread pool with workqueue

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Message-ID: <20100907121608.GA26597@lst.de>
Date:	Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:16:08 +0200
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	jaxboe@...ionio.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] backing-dev: replace private thread pool with workqueue

What does this conversion buy us?

Having explicit per-bdi threads makes the model very simple and safe,
while I don't quite trust the now extremly complex work queues yet.

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