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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>,
	"open list:NFS, SUNRPC, AND..." <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>, Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] allow multiple kthreadd's
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 11:30:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgB=PDdMX=uwsSrcERgSyyNW83Hj=WTWWjKp9dyriEzVQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200501182154.GG5462@mtj.thefacebook.com>

On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 11:22 AM Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> 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()?

I _think_ Bruce wants the signal handling unification too, because
nfsd wants to react to being shut down with signals.

But you're right, more explanation of why nfsd wants/needs a separate
grouping is a good idea.

                    Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-01 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-01 16:01 [PATCH 0/4] allow multiple kthreadd's J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-01 16:01 ` [PATCH 1/4] kthreads: minor kthreadd refactoring J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-01 16:01 ` [PATCH 2/4] kthreads: Simplify tsk_fork_get_node J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-01 16:01 ` [PATCH 3/4] kthreads: allow multiple kthreadd's J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-01 16:01 ` [PATCH 4/4] kthreads: allow cloning threads with different flags J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-01 17:59 ` [PATCH 0/4] allow multiple kthreadd's Linus Torvalds
2020-05-01 18:21   ` Tejun Heo
2020-05-01 18:30     ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2020-05-01 19:02       ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-01 18:49     ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-01 19:05       ` Trond Myklebust
2020-05-01 19:20         ` tj
2020-05-01 19:22         ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-05  2:15     ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-05 15:54       ` Tejun Heo
2020-05-05 16:23         ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-05 21:01       ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-05 21:09         ` Tejun Heo
2020-05-05 21:25           ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-06 15:36             ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-05-06 15:39               ` Tejun Heo
2020-05-06 15:54                 ` J. Bruce Fields

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