Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:04:47 -0400 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 06/12] kthread: Add kthread_drain_worker() |
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Hello,
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 04:33:50PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote: > OK, so you suggest to do the following: > > 1. Add a flag into struct kthread_worker that will prevent > from further queuing.
This doesn't add any protection, right? It's getting freed anyway.
> 2. kthread_create_worker()/kthread_destroy_worker() will > not longer dynamically allocate struct kthread_worker. > They will just start/stop the kthread.
Ah, okay, I don't think we need to change this. I was suggesting to simplify it by dropping the draining and just do flush from destroy.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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