Re: [patch 3/3] vmstat: Create our own workqueue

From	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [patch 3/3] vmstat: Create our own workqueue
Date	2015-11-02 19:20 +0100
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On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> I'm still unclear. I think that the result of this patchset is
>
>   The counters are never updated even after stat_interval
>   if some workqueue item is doing a __GFP_WAIT memory allocation.
>
> but the patch description sounds as if
>
>   The counters will be updated even if some workqueue item is
>   doing a __GFP_WAIT memory allocation.
>
> which denies the actual result I tested with this patchset applied.

Well true that is dependend on the correct workqueue operation. I though
that was fixed by Tejun?

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Re: [patch 3/3] vmstat: Create our own workqueue Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2015-11-02 17:20 +0100
  Re: [patch 3/3] vmstat: Create our own workqueue Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2015-11-02 18:00 +0100
    Re: [patch 3/3] vmstat: Create our own workqueue Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2015-11-02 19:20 +0100
      Re: [patch 3/3] vmstat: Create our own workqueue Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 20:20 +0100
  Re: [patch 3/3] vmstat: Create our own workqueue Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2015-11-06 12:30 +0100
    Re: [patch 3/3] vmstat: Create our own workqueue Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> - 2015-11-06 14:00 +0100

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