linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2.6.36-rc7] init: don't call flush_scheduled_work() from do

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Message-ID: <4CBDB933.8030307@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:28:51 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.6.36-rc7] init: don't call flush_scheduled_work() from
 do_initcalls()

On 10/15/2010 05:13 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> It's unclear what flush_scheduled_work() in do_initcalls() tries to
> achieve.  The call doesn't make much sense - there already are
> multiple system workqueues which aren't affected by
> flush_scheduled_wokr() and subsystems are free to create and use their
> own.  Ordering requirements are and should be expressed explicitly.
> 
> Drop the call to prepare for deprecation and removal of
> flush_scheduled_work().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> ---
> If no one objects, I'll route this through wq tree.

Applying to wq#for-next.  Please scream if something is wrong.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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