linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kthread: export park/unpark facility

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Message-ID: <20150709162017.GB24426@hpl.hp.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jul 2015 09:20:17 -0700
From:	Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: export park/unpark facility

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:05:02AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> >  This patch should definitely help most modules.
> 
> And how exactly would this help modules?

	Putting kthread to sleep and waking them up later is slightly
tricky :
		http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8144

	The park and unpark API encapsulate this functionality in
a pretty nice and clean API, and avoid duplicating this code in
various modules. I'm all for sharing the joy ;-)

> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx

	Regards,

	Jean
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