Re: [PATCH 1/2 tj/for-3.10] workqueue: add wq->freezing and removePOOL_FREEZING

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Mon Apr 01 2013 - 22:14:52 EST


On 04/02/2013 02:44 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:29:14AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>> freezing is nothing related to pools, but POOL_FREEZING adds a connection,
>> and causes freeze_workqueues_begin() and thaw_workqueues() complicated.
>>
>> Since freezing is workqueue instance attribute, so we introduce wq->freezing
>> instead and remove POOL_FREEZING.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> kernel/workqueue.c | 33 +++++++--------------------------
>> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
>> index 04a8b98..6b7e5a4 100644
>> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
>> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
>> @@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ enum {
>> */
>> POOL_MANAGE_WORKERS = 1 << 0, /* need to manage workers */
>> POOL_DISASSOCIATED = 1 << 2, /* cpu can't serve workers */
>> - POOL_FREEZING = 1 << 3, /* freeze in progress */
>>
>> /* worker flags */
>> WORKER_STARTED = 1 << 0, /* started */
>> @@ -241,6 +240,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct {
>>
>> int nr_drainers; /* WQ: drain in progress */
>> int saved_max_active; /* WQ: saved pwq max_active */
>> + bool freezing; /* WQ: the wq is freezing */
>
> Why not use another internal flag? There already are __WQ_DRAINING
> and __WQ_ORDERED. Can't we just add __WQ_FREEZING?
>
> Thanks.
>



->flags is hot and almost read-only(except __WQ_DRAINING).
__WQ_DRAINING bit is accessed for every queue_work(), so we add it to hot ->flags.

__WQ_ORDERED is read-only.

->freezing is cold and non-read-only.
I don't think we need to add __WQ_FREEZING to ->flags.

Thanks,
Lai

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