linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] [media] cx25821: Drop Freeing of Workqueue

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Message-ID: <20160718235527.GX3078@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:55:27 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
	Geunyoung Kim <nenggun.kim@...sung.com>,
	Junghak Sung <jh1009.sung@...sung.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Inki Dae <inki.dae@...sung.com>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [media] cx25821: Drop Freeing of Workqueue

On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 02:41:49PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> Workqueues shouldn't be freed. destroy_workqueue should be used instead.
> destroy_workqueue safely destroys a workqueue and ensures that all pending
> work items are done before destroying the workqueue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

This needs to be marked for stable.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun