Re: [PATCH] libata: use single threaded work queue

[Stefan Richter]

Alan Cox wrote:
> Somewhat simpler for the general case would be to implement
> 
> create_workqueue(min_threads,max_threads, max_thread_idle_time);
> queue_work_within();
> 
> at which point you can queue work to the workqueue but with a per
> workqueue timing running so you know when you might need to create a new
> thread if the current work hasn't finished. Idle threads would then sleep
> and either expire or pick up new work
[...]

Sounds a lot like kernel/slow-work.c / include/linux/slow-work.h to me
(as Ben already pointed out).
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