Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752042AbYGSELr (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:11:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750733AbYGSELk (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:11:40 -0400 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([63.81.120.158]:27888 "EHLO gateway-1237.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750719AbYGSELj (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:11:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] fastboot: Create a "asynchronous" initlevel From: Daniel Walker To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu In-Reply-To: <20080718204406.7426e8fe@infradead.org> References: <20080718151524.5ef9e29b@infradead.org> <20080718151608.46dc17c0@infradead.org> <1216430540.3978.137.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080718204406.7426e8fe@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:11:37 -0700 Message-Id: <1216440697.3978.142.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1112 Lines: 31 On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 20:44 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:22:20 -0700 > Daniel Walker wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 15:16 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > +static void __init do_initcalls(void) > > > +{ > > > + initcall_t *call; > > > + static DECLARE_WORK(async_work, do_async_initcalls); > > > + int phase = 0; /* 0 = levels 0 - 6, 1 = level 6a, 2 = after > > > level 6a */ > > > + > > > + async_init_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("kasyncinit"); > > > + > > > > Could you spawning one thread per cpu, and queuing the work evenly? > > not without loosing the ordering..... > I don't think there is any expectation for any given initcall to have a special ordering .. There is an ordering expectation for say initcall 6 runs before 6a , but not within the initcall .. Daniel -- 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/