linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] workqueue fixes for v4.5-rc3

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzEGzQ9_Dhuw0FpHp-zVosY-KRvYNsHVfXKt+t1HCF11w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:06:55 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] workqueue fixes for v4.5-rc3

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> * Officially break local execution guarantee of unbound work items and
>   add a debug feature to flush out usages which depend on it.

Btw, should we try to do this for timers too? A debug option to make a
regular "add_timer()" explicitly schedule things on another CPU, to
figure out the cases that really should use "add_timer_on()"?

Added Thomas to the cc.

               Linus