Re: [PATCH wq#for-next] workqueue: Clarify thatschedule_on_each_cpu is synchronous

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Date: Tue Oct 19 2010 - 20:25:48 EST


On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:18:46 +0200
Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The documentation for schedule_on_each_cpu() states that it calls a
> function on each online CPU from keventd. This can easily be
> interpreted as an asyncronous call because the description does not
> mention that flush_work is called. Clarify that it is synchronous.
>
> tj: rephrased a bit
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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