Re: [PATCH 4/7 V6] workqueue: fix idle worker depletion

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 01:50:41AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> >> +             if (worker_maybe_bind_and_lock(manager))
> >> +                     worker_clr_flags(manager, WORKER_UNBOUND);
> >> +     }
> >> +}
> >
> > We can reuse busy_worker_rebind_fn(), right?
> 
> busy_worker_rebind_fn() releases the gcwq->lock. we can't release
> the lock here.

Why so?  Can you please elaborate?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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