Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:01:39 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.16-rc3 |
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On Thu, Feb 16 2006, James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 18:18 +0000, Russell King wrote: > > Maybe implementing it as a helper function would be the best and > > simplest solution? > > > > static void scsi_release(struct device *dev) > > { > > schedule_release_process(dev, scsi_release_process); > > } > > > > where schedule_release_process() contains more or less what I posted > > in the previous mailing. > > That's almost exactly the execute_in_process_context() API that began > this discussion (and which Andi NAK'd). However, it could possibly be > resurrected with the proviso that the caller has to feed in the > workqueue memory. How would people feel about that?
That's what I suggested in the first place as well. I still think it's a good idea, fwiw :)
-- Jens Axboe
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