linux-kernel - Re: [patch]workqueue: copy attr with all fields.

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:52:59 +0800
From:	Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch]workqueue: copy attr with all fields.

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 07:14:01AM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, Shaohua.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 02:24:12PM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
> > copy_workqueue_attrs() forgets to copy no_numa field.
> 
> Explaining how that affects things and how the behavior changes
> afterwards would be nice.  As it currently stands, I don't know why
> you're submitting this patch.  Is this a bug fix?  Just a consistency
> update?  Should it be marked with -stable?
> 
> Please put more effort into patch descriptions and also note that
> ->no_numa isn't a pool attribute as noted in the comment above struct
> workqueue_attrs definition.

Ah, ok, I thought it's straightforward... It's a bug fix.
echo '0' > /sys/bus/workqueue/devices/xxx/numa
cat /sys/bus/workqueue/devices/xxx/numa
I got 1. It should be 0, the reason is copy_workqueue_attrs() called in
apply_workqueue_attrs() doesn't copy no_numa field.

Thanks,
Shaohua
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