linux-kernel - Re: workqueue question.

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Message-ID: <20110629084329.GI3386@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:43:29 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: workqueue question.

Hello,

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:56:39AM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> Is it OK to call INIT_WORK(&foo, bar)
> if we are currently being called by the work-queue
> using foo?

Yes, but if flush_work*() races with it, flushing can finish before
execution is complete.

> Also, is it valid to free the memory containing foo
> in a workqueue callback?

Yeap.

-- 
tejun
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