linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] watchdog: introduce watchdog_park_threads() and watchdog_unpark

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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2015 11:20:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@...hat.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	dzickus@...hat.com, atomlin@...hat.com, jolsa@...nel.org,
	eranian@...gle.com, cmetcalf@...hip.com, fweisbec@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] watchdog: introduce watchdog_park_threads() and
 watchdog_unpark_threads()

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michal Hocko" <mhocko@...nel.org>
...
> On Sat 01-08-15 14:49:22, Ulrich Obergfell wrote:
>> These functions are intended to be used only from inside kernel/watchdog.c
>> to park/unpark all watchdog threads that are specified in watchdog_cpumask.
>
> I would suggest merging this into Patch2. It is usually better to add
> new functions along with their users.

Michal,

watchdog_{park|unpark}_threads are called by watchdog_{suspend|resume}
in Patch 2/4 and by update_watchdog_all_cpus() in Patch 3/4, so I would
have to merge three patches into one, and I would end up with one large
patch and one smaller patch. I think the result would be harder to read,
review and understand. Thus I'd prefer to leave the patches split as they
currently are.

Regards,

Uli
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