linux-kernel - [RFC] Don'd hold work_sem while calling worker functions

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Message-Id: <1410873998-2955-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at>
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:26:36 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	dedekind1@...il.com
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC] Don'd hold work_sem while calling worker functions

I fail to see why we need work_sem while wrk->func() is executed.
Artem, do you have an idea?

Having the wear_leveling_worker() called without work_sem held
would simplify the fastmap code too. I'm currently reworking some
of it's code and I'm in locking hell. 8-)

Thanks,
//richard

[PATCH 1/2] UBI: Call worker functions without work_sem held
[PATCH 2/2] UBI: Get rid of __schedule_ubi_work()
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