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

[Tejun Heo]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 01:17:25PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> kthread_flush_worker() returns when the currently queued works are proceed.
> But some other works might have been queued in the meantime.
> 
> This patch adds kthread_drain_worker() that is inspired by
> drain_workqueue(). It returns when the queue is completely
> empty and warns when it takes too long.
> 
> The initial implementation does not block queuing new works when
> draining. It makes things much easier. The blocking would be useful
> to debug potential problems but it is not clear if it is worth
> the complication at the moment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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tejun