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 17:35:29 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	dedekind1@...il.com
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

Am 27.11.2014 um 17:29 schrieb Artem Bityutskiy:
> 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.

Sorry, I don't understand.
What do you want to do to?

>> 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?
> 

Of course, commit "UBI: Move fastmap specific functions out of wl.c" does.
But this commit is *bugfix* commit.

Thanks,
//richard
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