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Message-ID: <20150512131941.GL11388@htj.duckdns.org>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 09:19:41 -0400
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] workqueue: ensure attrs-changing be sequentially
Hello,
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 01:09:50PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> On 05/11/2015 10:55 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >>
> >> Process A (change cpumask) | Process B (change numa affinity)
> >> wq_cpumask_store() |
> >> wq_sysfs_prep_attrs() |
> > ^
> > misaligned
>
> It is aligned in email, misaligned in quoted email, and misaligned
> in `git log` and `git show`, aligned in `git commit` when I wrote
> the changelog.
>
> I will just remove all the |.
Hmmm... I wonder why that is. It looks consistently misaligned here.
If in doubt, just use spaces instead of tabs when drawing stuff.
...
> >> Sequential model on non-performance-sensitive operations is more popular
> >> and preferred. So this patch moves wq_sysfs_prep_attrs() into the protection
> >
> > You can just say the previous behavior is buggy.
>
> It depends on definitions. To me, it is just a nuisance.
I find this pretty difficult to agree with. A does an operation which
changes attribute 1. B independently tries to change attribute 2.
Depending on the sequence, we end up with three different results.
How is this not a bug?
Thanks.
--
tejun
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