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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kthread: Implement park/unpark facility
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:41:48 +0200 (CEST), Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> Subject: kthread: Implement park/unpark facility
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:37:40 +0200
>
> To avoid the full teardown/setup of per cpu kthreads in the case of
> cpu hot(un)plug, provide a facility which allows to put the kthread
> into a park position and unpark it when the cpu comes online again.

Like the idea, but the API is awkward. Now you've made returning from a
thread do different things depending on whether it was parked or not.

How about just have the thread call "kthread_parkme()" which only
returns if/when the thread is unparked?

So the thread does:

while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
if (kthread_should_park()) {
... cleanup ...
kthread_parkme();
... restore ...
}
... work ...
}

Threads which never exit have "for (;;)" instead of while
(!kthread_should_stop()).

Cheers,
Rusty.


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