linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: update callers of task_work_add() to use TWA

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Message-ID: <20200810114407.GT2674@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:44:07 +0200
From:   peterz@...radead.org
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: update callers of task_work_add() to use
 TWA_RESUME

On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 03:43:50PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Any pre-existing caller of this function uses 'true' to signal to use
> notifications or not, but we now also have signaled notifications.
> Update existing callers that specify 'true' for notify to use the
> updated TWA_RESUME instead.
> 
> This was noted in the original commit as well:
> 
> e91b48162332 ("task_work: teach task_work_add() to do signal_wake_up()")
> 
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> 

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

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