linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 09/18] mm/huge_page: Convert khugepaged() into kthread worker API

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Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:26:04 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 09/18] mm/huge_page: Convert khugepaged() into kthread
 worker API

Hello,

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 03:03:50PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> +static int khugepaged_has_work(void)
> +{
> +	return !list_empty(&khugepaged_scan.mm_head) &&
> +		khugepaged_enabled();
> +}

Hmmm... no biggie but this is a bit bothering.

> @@ -425,7 +447,10 @@ static ssize_t scan_sleep_millisecs_store(struct kobject *kobj,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	khugepaged_scan_sleep_millisecs = msecs;
> -	wake_up_interruptible(&khugepaged_wait);
> +	if (khugepaged_has_work())
> +		mod_delayed_kthread_work(khugepaged_worker,
> +					 &khugepaged_do_scan_work,
> +					 0);

What's wrong with just doing the following?

	if (khugepaged_enabled())
		mod_delayed_kthread_work(...);

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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