Re: [PATCH v9 06/12] kthread: Add kthread_drain_worker()

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 04:33:50PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> OK, so you suggest to do the following:
> 
>   1. Add a flag into struct kthread_worker that will prevent
>      from further queuing.

This doesn't add any protection, right?  It's getting freed anyway.

>   2. kthread_create_worker()/kthread_destroy_worker() will
>      not longer dynamically allocate struct kthread_worker.
>      They will just start/stop the kthread.

Ah, okay, I don't think we need to change this.  I was suggesting to
simplify it by dropping the draining and just do flush from destroy.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun