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2014 Nov 14
1
[PATCH v2] virtio_balloon: Convert "vballon" kthread into a workqueue
Hello, Michael, Petr.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 03:32:04PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > + /* The workqueue servicing the balloon. */
> > + struct workqueue_struct *wq;
> > + struct work_struct wq_work;
>
> We could use system_freezable_wq instead.
> I do agree a dedicated wq is better since this can get blocked
> for a long time while allocating memory.
>
2014 Nov 14
1
[PATCH v2] virtio_balloon: Convert "vballon" kthread into a workqueue
Hello, Michael, Petr.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 03:32:04PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > + /* The workqueue servicing the balloon. */
> > + struct workqueue_struct *wq;
> > + struct work_struct wq_work;
>
> We could use system_freezable_wq instead.
> I do agree a dedicated wq is better since this can get blocked
> for a long time while allocating memory.
>
2014 Nov 12
0
[PATCH v2] virtio_balloon: Convert "vballon" kthread into a workqueue
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 02:02:48PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> Workqueues have clean and rich API for all basic operations. The code is usually
> easier and better readable. It can be easily tuned for the given purpose.
>
> In many cases, it allows to avoid an extra kernel thread. It helps to stop the
> growing number of them. Also there will be less thread-specific hacks all over
2014 Sep 25
2
[PATCH] virtio_balloon: Convert "vballon" kthread into a workqueue
Workqueues have clean and rich API for all basic operations. The code is usually
easier and better readable. It can be easily tuned for the given purpose.
In many cases, it allows to avoid an extra kernel thread. It helps to stop the
growing number of them. Also there will be less thread-specific hacks all over
the kernel code.
It forces making the task selfcontained. There is no longer an
2014 Sep 25
2
[PATCH] virtio_balloon: Convert "vballon" kthread into a workqueue
Workqueues have clean and rich API for all basic operations. The code is usually
easier and better readable. It can be easily tuned for the given purpose.
In many cases, it allows to avoid an extra kernel thread. It helps to stop the
growing number of them. Also there will be less thread-specific hacks all over
the kernel code.
It forces making the task selfcontained. There is no longer an
2014 Nov 12
3
[PATCH v2] virtio_balloon: Convert "vballon" kthread into a workqueue
Workqueues have clean and rich API for all basic operations. The code is usually
easier and better readable. It can be easily tuned for the given purpose.
In many cases, it allows to avoid an extra kernel thread. It helps to stop the
growing number of them. Also there will be less thread-specific hacks all over
the kernel code.
It forces making the task selfcontained. There is no longer an
2014 Nov 12
3
[PATCH v2] virtio_balloon: Convert "vballon" kthread into a workqueue
Workqueues have clean and rich API for all basic operations. The code is usually
easier and better readable. It can be easily tuned for the given purpose.
In many cases, it allows to avoid an extra kernel thread. It helps to stop the
growing number of them. Also there will be less thread-specific hacks all over
the kernel code.
It forces making the task selfcontained. There is no longer an