Re: [PATCH 3/4] writeback: replace custom worker pool implementationwith unbound workqueue

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Mar 18 2013 - 18:35:36 EST


Hello, Jan.

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:32:44PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> I realized there may be one issue - so far we have a clear identification
> which thread works for which bdi in the thread name (flush-x:y naming).
> That was useful when debugging things. Now with your worker pool this is
> lost, am I right? Would it be possible to restore that?

Unfortunately not directly. It shouldn't be difficult to tell who's
working on what from workqueue and writeback tracepoints tho.

Thanks.

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tejun
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