linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] slab, workqueue: remove keventd

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Message-ID: <20160922080124.GA30663@js1304-P5Q-DELUXE>
Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:01:24 +0900
From:   Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        kernel-team@...com, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] slab, workqueue: remove keventd_up() usage

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 03:30:19PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Now that workqueue can handle work item queueing from very early
> during boot, there is no need to gate schedule_delayed_work_on() while
> !keventd_up().  Remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> ---
> Hello,
> 
> This change depends on an earlier workqueue patch and is followed by a
> patch to remove keventd_up().  It'd be great if it can be routed
> through the wq/for-4.9 branch.

Acked-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>

Thanks.