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Re: [PATCH v3 00/22] kthread: Use kthread worker API more widely

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On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 02:25:05PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> My intention is to make it easier to manipulate and maintain kthreads.
> Especially, I want to replace all the custom main cycles with a
> generic one. Also I want to make the kthreads sleep in a consistent
> state in a common place when there is no work.
> 
> My first attempt was with a brand new API (iterant kthread), see
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.api/11892 . But I was
> directed to improve the existing kthread worker API. This is
> the 3rd iteration of the new direction.
> 
> 
> 1st patch: add support to check if a timer callback is being called
> 
> 2nd..12th patches: improve the existing kthread worker API
> 
> 13th..18th, 20th, 22nd patches: convert several kthreads into
>       the kthread worker API, namely: khugepaged, ring buffer
>       benchmark, hung_task, kmemleak, ipmi, IB/fmr_pool,
>       memstick/r592, intel_powerclamp
>       
> 21st, 23rd patches: do some preparation steps; they usually do
>       some clean up that makes sense even without the conversion.
> 
>   
> Changes against v2:
> 
>   + used worker->lock to synchronize the operations with the work
>     instead of the PENDING bit as suggested by Tejun Heo; it simplified
>     the implementation in several ways
> 
>   + added timer_active(); used it together with del_timer_sync()
>     to cancel the work a less tricky way
> 
>   + removed the controversial conversion of the RCU kthreads

Thank you!  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

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[PATCH v3 00/22] kthread: Use kthread worker API more widely Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:30 +0100
  [PATCH v3 22/22] thermal/intel_powerclamp: Convert the kthread to kthread worker API Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:30 +0100
  [PATCH v3 06/22] kthread: Add destroy_kthread_worker() Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:30 +0100
  [PATCH v3 20/22] memstick/r592: convert r592_io kthread into kthread worker API Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:30 +0100
  [PATCH v3 18/22] IB/fmr_pool: Convert the cleanup thread into kthread worker API Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v3 18/22] IB/fmr_pool: Convert the cleanup thread into  kthread worker API Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@oracle.com> - 2015-11-19 13:50 +0100
  [PATCH v3 10/22] kthread: Allow to modify delayed kthread work Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:30 +0100
  [PATCH v3 11/22] kthread: Better support freezable kthread workers Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:30 +0100
  [PATCH v3 08/22] kthread: Initial support for delayed kthread work Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:40 +0100
  [PATCH v3 12/22] kthread: Use try_lock_kthread_work() in flush_kthread_work() Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:40 +0100
  [PATCH v3 05/22] kthread: Add drain_kthread_worker() Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:40 +0100
  [PATCH v3 13/22] mm/huge_page: Convert khugepaged() into kthread worker API Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:40 +0100
  [PATCH v3 09/22] kthread: Allow to cancel kthread work Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v3 09/22] kthread: Allow to cancel kthread work Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2015-11-24 00:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v3 09/22] kthread: Allow to cancel kthread work Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-24 11:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v3 09/22] kthread: Allow to cancel kthread work Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2015-11-24 21:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v3 09/22] kthread: Allow to cancel kthread work Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-24 21:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v3 09/22] kthread: Allow to cancel kthread work Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-24 21:30 +0100
  [PATCH v3 04/22] kthread: Add create_kthread_worker*() Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2015-11-18 14:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 00/22] kthread: Use kthread worker API more widely "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-18 15:30 +0100

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