linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kthread: add kthread_mod_pending_delayed

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Message-ID: <20210219103035.GA656626@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:30:35 +0000
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Yiwei Zhang <zzyiwei@...roid.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@....com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        Ilias Stamatis <stamatis.iliass@...il.com>,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@...omium.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Liang Chen <cl@...k-chips.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: add kthread_mod_pending_delayed_work api

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 11:27:13AM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> I am personally fine with adding this API. I am going to
> comment the original code. Well, there might be a push-back
> from other people because there will be no in-tree user.

Adding a new API without an intree user is a complete no-go.