linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] task_work: use TIF

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Message-ID: <20201002153849.GC29066@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Oct 2020 17:38:50 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        io-uring@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] task_work: use TIF_TASKWORK if available

On 10/02, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> I think it's fundamentaly wrong that we have several places and several
> flags which handle task_work_run() instead of having exactly one place
> and one flag.

Damn yes, agreed.

Oleg.