Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 May 2014 10:19:48 -0400 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 08/10 V2] workqueue: rename manager_mutex to attach_mutex |
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Hello,
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 02:45:58PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote: > On 05/13/2014 06:01 AM, Tejun Heo wrote: > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 02:56:20PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote: > >> manager_mutex is only used to protect the attaching for the pool > >> and the pool->workers list. It protects the pool->workers and operations > >> based on this list, such as: > >> cpu-binding for the workers in the pool->workers > >> concurrency management for the workers in the pool->workers > > > > Concurrency management? What are you referring to? > > The operations to set/clear POOL_DISASSOCIATED and WORKER_UNBOUND > > Which words will be better if I don't use "Concurrency management"
Just be explicit and spell them out? Concurrency management in wq context usually means nr_running tracking and the associated worker suppression / wake up mechanism.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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