linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] genirq: don't use flush_scheduled

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Message-ID: <20110615143029.GZ8141@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:30:29 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genirq: don't use flush_scheduled_work() in IRQ affinity
 notifiers

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 04:29:17PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> cd7eab44e9 (genirq: Add IRQ affinity notifiers) added use of
> flush_scheduled_work() which is being deprecated.  Add a dedicated
> workqueue and flush it instead of flushing system-wide workqueue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> ---
> I'm planning on marking flush_scheduled_work() deprecated in
> linux-next soonish.  It would be great if this patch (or something
> else which removes flush_scheduled_work() call somehow) can be
> included in linux-next.

Ooh, right, only compile & boot tested.  Don't have anything which
makes use of affinity notifier.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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