Ingo Molnar wrote:
> yes, wrt. keventd i was thinking along the same line - but in a different,
> perhaps cleaner and simpler direction.
>
> i'd like to introduce the following interfaces:
>
> - create_work_queue(wq, handler_fn)
what is handler_fn for, if you pass work_fn later?
> - destroy_work_queue(wq)
>
> - queue_work(wq, work_fn, work_data)
queue_work_delayed(wq, work_fn, work_data, delay) would be nice too
> - flush_work_queue(wq)
>
> this is an extension of the keventd concept. A work queue is a simplified
> interface to create a kernel thread that gets work queued from IRQ and
> process contexts. No more, no less.
Your proposal sounds good to me...
Jeff
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