From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F2DC47253 for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 18:21:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E3421775 for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 18:21:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1588357319; bh=Um7RoGUIHgQ8GZBTGxBQtb71GMGyRZ5tADvfvjI5JZQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=1oKNAv5lJYWfMIg+sYpWGvQBgVOY61Yy1GLAM/MA9sgpLBU+7kdGsDkZ8hovyQsiH Ee0aaQAFtnKNcutI/WvjlGDOVpW0ShwwX2+T60C18mhk1NctHbAYExx5dKVZApsqK8 w5Hc2ASNnrTzTwn1AB0o6GAheqR4gk0olpyqC0oA= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730432AbgEASV6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2020 14:21:58 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40266 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729599AbgEASV5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2020 14:21:57 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-x743.google.com (mail-qk1-x743.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::743]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5E08C061A0C; Fri, 1 May 2020 11:21:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qk1-x743.google.com with SMTP id l78so10075217qke.7; Fri, 01 May 2020 11:21:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=KiYd6hVsmrnt0vWm34SLnLpgGlMhVF862REnMZFBaRo=; b=gn94t0znEkJj8IzRShTGjgN6+qdPrjiLurgsaTfax0JU9ifHIxoDcu0vsJhsZSyoKA 4zKbH0y7TJn3Defs77/2hgzXXqx0rUP3IYBZPYzXGN9jB6bBpEQ55fbEWogJuGTENxpP LrEqERrEPea7wnM0W6mtsXbsulbNJq5kPqqheRLOOhZ2PUyPm7UBHGNttFHYLWIbPluF G5bVeX5o/IeZVGDfc8iaSVMzFFfZwbLZjgT/Jk64vsO5NG0QOY0gbc1lVrmg2KDARZqG /6wIGR5Qga7AzLsjKap9/K9tHa0ud06hNYmMXXHEmxDwtVIevikLnnDexnfn32VzIIv0 Ul9Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=KiYd6hVsmrnt0vWm34SLnLpgGlMhVF862REnMZFBaRo=; b=LdUUajCXLsLWUtj3offLbyIzVK5rOgN8OR0A10oNMijg7Wncq0T7BQIf1lRp8DfHGH HT4N5HRkIeVOu7iM/e3VC6fgSxn6pslbG71oa/xINBearEMstWzG8FKqwXVZ5/FDcasZ bLbmu1SystX3KQB3nrd7REdZ6lbBCd/JPJ/417YywCuewcbAeWLfCrv0gWZNw37PXcUf iWPUxSOEvotgLU5YiV2+Bib59nGYDZBz3s2VzA5QGZUeqBAFmROiUHtI1PSMi4XyIkEM mDKN2j392wSlZxpu2TKOQO7PZcxkpuYvghSsqUH2RVMxYhHtsE6rc3kohKvPF+31t8UB T5xw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuY97TXqACcP7OaTcvqCI04wBSO3IiIw2Sk8DdIhPb6rn+v5J46B 5UjxoBvrXZN8JSSJirq7iPY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypK3gqYshcrDQKI0pZ8y57MCQ65ILdE0a3EDJg6ikVyB2Cdtx/qrnZep5+DsFZXjxC29bJ0T2Q== X-Received: by 2002:a37:a049:: with SMTP id j70mr4711692qke.193.1588357316620; Fri, 01 May 2020 11:21:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2620:10d:c091:480::1:e6fd]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c23sm3130133qka.12.2020.05.01.11.21.55 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 01 May 2020 11:21:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 14:21:54 -0400 From: Tejun Heo To: Linus Torvalds Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" , "open list:NFS, SUNRPC, AND..." , Jeff Layton , David Howells , Shaohua Li , Oleg Nesterov , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] allow multiple kthreadd's Message-ID: <20200501182154.GG5462@mtj.thefacebook.com> References: <1588348912-24781-1-git-send-email-bfields@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 10:59:24AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Which kind of makes me want to point a finger at Tejun. But it's been > mostly PeterZ touching this file lately.. Looks fine to me too. I don't quite understand the usecase tho. It looks like all it's being used for is to tag some kthreads as belonging to the same group. Can't that be done with kthread_data()? Thanks. -- tejun