linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] btrfs: limit async_work allocation and worker func duration

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Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:03:31 -0500
From:   Chris Mason <clm@...com>
To:     Maxim Patlasov <mpatlasov@...tuozzo.com>, <dsterba@...e.cz>
CC:     <jbacik@...com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs: limit async_work allocation and worker func
 duration

On 12/12/2016 03:35 PM, Maxim Patlasov wrote:
> On 12/12/2016 06:54 AM, David Sterba wrote:
>
> As far as we don't have any NO_THRESHOLD users of
> btrfs_workqueue_normal_congested for now, I tend to think it's better to
> add a descriptive comment and simply return "false" from
> btrfs_workqueue_normal_congested rather than trying to address some
> future needs now. See please v2 of the patch.
>

Thanks, I've got v2 and added a cc for stable to v3.15+, which isn't 
exactly right, but its when the new workqueue system was put in place.

-chris