Hi! On 07:50 Tue 16 Sep , Himanshu Chauhan wrote: > Michael Blizek wrote: >> Do you have to do more than use waitqueues to make a kernel thread sleep >> properly? >> > You don't. But when you are using workqueues don't have to worry anything > else than the function that would be doing the work. Why take unnecessary > work? Workqueues are for fairly short tasks. If you use them for long tasks or expect a load which is high enough to saturate the cpu, you will block other workqueue users. -Michi -- programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
