linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/53] Let create*_workqueue() accept a printf-style format string

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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 10:17:06 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	"Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/53] Let create*_workqueue() accept a printf-style
 format string

Hello, Bart.

On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 01:13:57PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> The create*_workqueue() macros are used about 270 times in the Linux
> kernel (the macro names also occur in some comments):
> 
> $ git grep -nHEw
> 'create_workqueue|create_freezable_workqueue|create_singlethread_workqueue'
> | grep -Ev 'Documentation/|include/linux/workqueue' | wc -l
>     271
> 
> That's too much for a single patch series. I can start with converting
> the SCSI workqueue creation code.

Yeah, it's been on the to-do list for a long time. Starting with SCSI sounds
great.

Thank you.

-- 
tejun