Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261704AbUDSSki (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:40:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261693AbUDSSki (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:40:38 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:6633 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261704AbUDSSjo (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:39:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:38:55 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Rusty Russell Cc: lkml - Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Srivatsa Vaddagiri , brking@us.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use workqueue for call_usermodehelper Message-ID: <20040419113854.H22989@build.pdx.osdl.net> References: <1082345766.30154.13.camel@bach> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <1082345766.30154.13.camel@bach>; from rusty@rustcorp.com.au on Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 01:36:06PM +1000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 837 Lines: 20 * Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au) wrote: > [ Vatsa, this should solve your NUMA+HOTPLUG_CPU deadlock too, I think ] > > This uses the create_singlethread_workqueue() function presented in the > last patch, although it could just as easily use create_workqueue(). Nice, this seems like it should fixup the problem Brian was seeing too, and maintain return code from kernel_thread(), etc. instead of the async option. Brian, did you give these changes a whirl? (they're in latest -mm tree) thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/