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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] workqueue: remove the first check and the return value of maybe_create_worker()
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:40:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140714144022.GC31610@htj.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53C340B3.5040209@cn.fujitsu.com>

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:30:11AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> We already have create_worker(). And maybe_create_worker() does not always create worker.

Well, it does unless it fails.  Explicit maybe_ there is quite
misleading.

> maybe_create_worker() may not create worker if the condition is changed after
> it fails at the first time, 

It's misleading.  Please come up with a different name.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-14 14:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-10 16:01 [PATCH 0/3] workqueue: manager cleanup Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-10 16:01 ` [PATCH 1/3] workqueue: remove the first check and the return value of maybe_create_worker() Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-11 15:03   ` Tejun Heo
2014-07-14  2:30     ` Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-14 14:40       ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2014-07-10 16:01 ` [PATCH 2/3] workqueue: remove the guarantee and the retrying " Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-11 15:02   ` Tejun Heo
2014-07-10 16:01 ` [PATCH 3/3] workqueue: unfold start_worker() into create_worker() Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-14  4:05 ` [PATCH 0/1 V2] workqueue: manager cleanup Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-14  4:05   ` [PATCH 1/1 V2] workqueue: unfold start_worker() into create_worker() Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-16  1:28     ` Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-18 22:57       ` Tejun Heo
2014-07-22  5:03         ` [PATCH V3] " Lai Jiangshan
2014-07-22 15:05           ` Tejun Heo

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