linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kthread: Implement park/unpark facility

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Message-ID: <1338905159.28282.186.camel@twins>
Date:	Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:05:59 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
	Suresh B Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Asit K Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
	Arjan Dan De Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	x86 <x86@...nel.org>, linux-pm <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: Implement park/unpark facility

On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 15:41 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>  struct kthread {
> -       int should_stop;
> +       bool should_stop;
> +       bool should_park;
> +       bool is_parked;
> +       bool is_percpu; 

bool doesn't have a well specified storage type. I typically try to
avoid using it in structures for this reason. Others might not care
though.
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