linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9 V3] workqueue: single pass rebind

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Date:	Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:40:57 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9 V3] workqueue: single pass rebind_workers

Hello, Lai.

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:51:59AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> busy_worker_rebind_fn() can't return until all idle workers are rebound,
> the code of busy_worker_rebind_fn() ensure this.
> 
> So we can change the order of the code of rebind_workers(),
> and make it is a single pass to do the rebind_workers().
> 
> It makes the code much clean and better readability.

But, yeah, I do like this approach better.  Would it be possible to do
this without overloading manager_mutex?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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