linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] workqueue: Remove the outer loop in maybe_create

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Date:   Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:08:45 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] workqueue: Remove the outer loop in
 maybe_create_worker()

On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 04:41:34PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> worker_thread() always does the recheck after getting the manager role,
> so the recheck in the maybe_create_worker() is unneeded and is removed.

So, before if multiple workers need to be created, a single manager would
create them all. After, we'd end up daisy chaining, right? One manager
creates one worker and goes to process one work item. The new worker wakes
up and becomes the manager and creates another worker and so on. That
doesn't seem like a desirable behavior.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun