On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:45 +0000 David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Create a dynamically sized pool of threads for doing very slow work items, such > as invoking mkdir() or rmdir() - things that may take a long time and may > sleep, holding mutexes/semaphores and hogging a thread, and are thus unsuitable > for workqueues. umm, if they're slow, why not create a kernel thread per operation? Why add the thread pool? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
