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SubjectRe: workqueue question.
Hello,

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:56:39AM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> Is it OK to call INIT_WORK(&foo, bar)
> if we are currently being called by the work-queue
> using foo?

Yes, but if flush_work*() races with it, flushing can finish before
execution is complete.

> Also, is it valid to free the memory containing foo
> in a workqueue callback?

Yeap.

--
tejun


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