system_nrt_wq, system suspend, and the freezer
Tejun Heo
tj at kernel.org
Thu Feb 16 08:26:34 PST 2012
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 03:22:24PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Alan Stern <stern at rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> > My question to all of you: Should system_nrt_wq be made freezable, or
> > should I create a new workqueue that is both freezable and
> > non-reentrant? And if I do, which of the usages above should be
> > converted to the new workqueue?
>
> As far as keys are concerned, it's only for garbage collection purposes, so
> having it freezable shouldn't be a problem.
If freezing is not strictly necessary, please avoid marking it as
freezable.
Thanks.
--
tejun
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