Re: [PATCH 6/7] workqueue: Remove the cacheline_aligned for nr_running

[Tejun Heo]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 03:35:42PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> nr_running is never modified remotely after the schedule callback in
> wakeup path is removed.
> 
> Rather nr_running is often accessed with other fields in the pool
> together, so the cacheline_aligned for nr_running isn't needed.

Does it even need to be atomic anymore?

Thanks.

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tejun