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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:22:40 -0500 From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> To: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] workqueue: allow rescuer thread to do more work. Hello, Neil. Sorry about the delay. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:19:32AM +1100, NeilBrown wrote: > > Given that workder depletion is pool-wide > > event, maybe it'd make sense to trigger rescuers immediately while > > workers are in short supply? e.g. while there's a manager stuck in > > maybe_create_worker() with the mayday timer already triggered? > > So what if I change "need_more_worker" to "need_to_create_worker" ? > Then it will stop as soon as there in an idle worker thread. > That is the condition that keeps maybe_create_worker() looping. > ?? Yeah, that'd be a better condition and can work out. Can you please write up a patch to do that and do some synthetic tests excercising the code path? Also please cc Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com> when posting the patch. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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