Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935517AbXHLWIy (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:08:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761607AbXHLWIq (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:08:46 -0400 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:59469 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760038AbXHLWIp (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:08:45 -0400 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Stefan Richter Subject: Re: When to use a freezeable workqueue? Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:18:38 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Machek , pm list References: <46BEC0AD.7080202@s5r6.in-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <46BEC0AD.7080202@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200708130018.38652.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 648 Lines: 19 On Sunday, 12 August 2007 10:11, Stefan Richter wrote: > In which situations is create_freezeable_workqueue() to be preferred > over create_singlethread_workqueue()? > > Is a freezable worqueue preferable whenever the worker thread /can/ be > frozen, or is it only to be used if the thread /must/ be frozen during > suspend? The latter, IMO. Generally, if you want it to be frozen. Greetings, Rafael - 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/