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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: export park/unpark facility
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 10:05:02 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1507091003030.5134@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150709004020.GA21087@hpl.hp.com>

On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:

> The kthread park/unpark facility is not used in the kernel, so

git grep kthread.*park tells a different story

> one would assume that it's made for kernel modules.

Certainly not.

>  This patch should definitely help most modules.

And how exactly would this help modules?

Thanks,

	tglx

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-07-09  8:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-09  0:40 Jean Tourrilhes
2015-07-09  3:23 ` Peter Hurley
2015-07-09 16:08   ` Jean Tourrilhes
2015-07-09  8:05 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2015-07-09 16:20   ` Jean Tourrilhes
2015-07-09 16:49     ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-07-09 16:53       ` Jean Tourrilhes

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