linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] workqueue: change value of lcpu in queue_delayed_work

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Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:04:57 +0900
From:	JoonSoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] workqueue: change value of lcpu in queue_delayed_work_on()

> Why not just do
>
>         if (cpu == WORK_CPU_UNBOUND)
>                 cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
>
>         if (!(wq->flags...) {
>                 ...
>                 if (gcwq && gcwq->cpu != WORK_CPU_UNBOUND)
>                         lcpu = gcwq->cpu;
>                 else
>                         lcpu = cpu;
>         }
>         ...
>
>         add_timer_on(timer, cpu);

I re-look at code deeply and find that dwork->cpu is related to
tracing information.
If we do above change, tracing information is bias.

> Also, can you please base the patches on top of the following git
> branch?
>
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git for-3.7

Sure!
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