zhao, forrest wrote: > On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 14:10 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: >> Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> Tejun Heo wrote: >>>> Jeff Garzik wrote: >>>>> Tejun Heo wrote: >>>>>> * I've renamed ata_hotplug_wq to ata_scsi_wq in hotplug patches. I >>>>>> think rescan can use this wq instead of creating its own. >>>>> I think we will use this workqueue even when SCSI is optional, so >>>>> ata_scsi_wq may not be the best name, long term. I ACK'd its >>>>> inclusion of course, so not a big deal. >>>> As it seems there will be another round of hotplug patches, I can >>>> rename it without too much trouble. My candidates are... >>>> >>>> ata_aux_wq >>>> ata_management_wq / ata_mgmt_wq >>>> ata_errands_wq >>> Another thing to consider is using the kthread API, ignore workqueues, >>> and simply creating "one-shot" threads as needed. >> It wouldn't work for SCSI hotplug. It depends on that there is only one >> thread running the thing, so I think wq is the better choice. Any >> suggestion on naming? > > ata_misc_wq? > ata_sweep_wq? I think I'm going with ata_aux_wq. -- tejun - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
