linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] UBI: Fastmap: Ensure that all fastmap work is done upon WL shutdown

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Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2014 18:29:53 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] UBI: Fastmap: Ensure that all fastmap work is done
 upon WL shutdown

On Thu, 2014-11-27 at 17:08 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > Obviously, there is some misunderstanding. This looks like lack of
> > separation and misuse of layering. I am missing explanations why I am
> > wrong...
> 
> So you want me to use the UBI WL background thread for the scheduled fastmap work?

No. It is more like either use it or do not use it.

> I didn't do it that way because you said more than once that fastmap is fastmap and
> WL is WL. Therefore I've separated it.

And "separated" meaning adding this code to wl.c?

+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
+       flush_work(&ubi->fm_work);
+#endif

Could it be separated some more then?

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