Re: [PATCH] workqueue: clear leftover flags when detached

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Thu Jun 19 2014 - 12:30:34 EST


On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 03:32:52PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> When a worker is detached, the worker->flags may still have WORKER_UNBOUND
> or WORKER_REBOUND, it is OK for all cases:
> 1) if it is a normal worker, the worker will be dead, it is OK.
> 2) if it is a rescuer, it may re-attach to a pool with this leftover flag[s],
> it is still correct except it may cause unneeded wakeup.
>
> It is correct but not good, so we just remove the leftover flags.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to wq/for-3.17.

Thanks.

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tejun
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