linux-kernel - Re: [RFC patch V2 2/7] kthread: Implement park/unpark facility

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:50:07 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC patch V2 2/7] kthread: Implement park/unpark facility

On Mon, 18 Jun 2012, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:13:21 -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > To avoid the full teardown/setup of per cpu kthreads in the case of
> > cpu hot(un)plug, provide a facility which allows to put the kthread
> > into a park position and unpark it when the cpu comes online again.
> >
> 
> Please see a comment below. Other than that, you can add my
> 
>   Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> 
> if you want.

My pleasure.
 
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/kthread.h |   11 ++
> >  kernel/kthread.c        |  184 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  2 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> [snip]
> >  /**
> > + * kthread_create_on_cpu - Create a cpu bound kthread
> > + * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
> > + * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
> > + * @cpu: The cpu on which the thread should be bound,
> > + * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
> 
> How about adding a comment that @namefmt can handle a single %u only
> for the cpu number in the current implementation?

Good point!
 
Thanks for taking your time!

       tglx
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