Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > umm, if they're slow, why not create a kernel thread per operation? > Why add the thread pool? Because if someone does a tar of, say, a kernel tree, that'll create one thread per file... This provides a limiter - and makes sure there are threads immediately available. David -- 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
