Re: [PATCH 01/45] Create a dynamically sized pool of threads for doing very slow work items [ver #41]

[David Howells]

Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> umm, if they're slow, why not create a kernel thread per operation? 
> Why add the thread pool?

Because if someone does a tar of, say, a kernel tree, that'll create one
thread per file...  This provides a limiter - and makes sure there are threads
immediately available.

David
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