linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/eeh: remove eeh_event

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Message-ID: <20110816192629.GB2803@mtj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:26:29 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas@...il.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/eeh: remove eeh_event_handler()->daemonize()

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:08:58PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> daemonize() is only needed when a user-space task does kernel_thread().
> 
> eeh_event_handler() thread is created by the worker kthread, and thus
> it doesn't need the soon-to-be-deprecated daemonize().
> 
> Note: looks like eeh_event_wq can be static and it can do all work
> itself without kernel_thread().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Yeay!  Nice series.  How do you wanna route these?  Through -mm?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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