Re: [PATCH 1/2 V3] workqueue: substitute POOL_FREEZING with __WQ_FREEZING

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 09:47:47AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> Testing workqueue_freezing requires wq_pool_mutex held.
> Although almost-all pwq_adjust_max_active() are called with wq_pool_mutex held,
> except workqueue_set_max_active(). But I hope pwq_adjust_max_active()
> don't require the heavy wq_pool_mutex.

No it doesn't require wq_pool_mutex to be held.  All it requires is
that the changed state is visible on the subsequent
pwq_adjust_max_active() invocatino which is already trivially
guaranteed.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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