linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] mtd_blkdevs: Replace request handler kthread with a workqueue

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Date:	Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:02:53 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] mtd_blkdevs: Replace request handler kthread with a
 workqueue

On Sat, 2012-11-10 at 13:08 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> By replacing a kthread with a workqueue, the code is now a bit clearer.
> There's also a slight reduction of code size (numbers apply for x86):
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    3248	     36	      0	   3284	    cd4	drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    3150	     36	      0	   3186	    c72	drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o
> 
> Due to lack of real hardware, tests have been performed on an emulated
> environment with mtdswap and mtdblock over nandsim devices.
> Some real testing should be done, before merging this patch.

Looks good to me, thanks, pushed to l2-mtd.git.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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