linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] workqueue: kick worker to die directly in idle timeout handler

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Date:	Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:31:50 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] workqueue: kick worker to die directly in idle
 timeout handler

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:24:03AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> since original destroy_worker() does not do the full-destruction,
> its main work just deprives the worker-duty from worker-thread and kick
> it to die, so we rename it to kick_worker_to_die().
> 
> And since kick_worker_to_die() don't need manager_mutex and sleeping,
> so we move maybe_destroy_worker() out from manager and kick worker to die
> directly in idle timeout handler. And we remove %POOL_MANAGE_WORKERS which
> help us remove a branch in worker_thread().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>

Heh, this is awesome. :)

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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