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SLOW_WORK: Wait for outstanding work items belonging to a module to clear

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Wait for outstanding slow work items belonging to a module to clear when
unregistering that module as a user of the facility.  This prevents the put_ref
code of a work item from being taken away before it returns.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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David Howells
2009-11-19 18:10:23 +00:00
parent 66b00a7c93
commit 3d7a641e54
8 changed files with 150 additions and 16 deletions
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Documentation/slow-work.txt
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@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ USING SLOW WORK ITEMS
Firstly, a module or subsystem wanting to make use of slow work items must
register its interest:
int ret = slow_work_register_user();
int ret = slow_work_register_user(struct module *module);
This will return 0 if successful, or a -ve error upon failure.
This will return 0 if successful, or a -ve error upon failure. The module
pointer should be the module interested in using this facility (almost
certainly THIS_MODULE).
Slow work items may then be set up by:
@@ -110,7 +112,12 @@ operation. When all a module's slow work items have been processed, and the
module has no further interest in the facility, it should unregister its
interest:
slow_work_unregister_user();
slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *module);
The module pointer is used to wait for all outstanding work items for that
module before completing the unregistration. This prevents the put_ref() code
from being taken away before it completes. module should almost certainly be
THIS_MODULE.
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