Re: Warn people about flush_scheduled_work()

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Montag, 14. Dezember 2009 22:33:38 schrieb Alan Stern:
>         Consider using cancel_work_sync() or cancel_delayed_work_sync()
>         instead.  In most situations they will accomplish what you 
>         need.

In which respect is cancel_work_sync() fundamentally safer?
If the work is already running and takes a lock you are holding,
then what?

	Regards
		Oliver
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