Re: [PATCH 0/6] workqueue: convert to raw_spinlock_t

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Jun 26 2019 - 09:50:05 EST


On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 09:17:19AM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2019-06-13 16:50:21 [+0200], To linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > the workqueue code has been reworked in -RT to use raw_spinlock_t based
> > locking. This change allows to schedule worker from preempt_disable()ed
> > or IRQ disabled section on -RT. This is the last patch. The previous
> > patches are prerequisites or tiny cleanup (like patch #1 and #2).
>
> a gentle *ping*

I don't now what to make of the series. AFAICS, there's no benefit to
mainline. What am I missing?

Thanks.

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tejun