On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 03:09:29PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 05:04:18PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > And another call_rcu() instance that cannot be lazy is the one > > in queue_rcu_work(), given that callers to queue_rcu_work() are > > not necessarily OK with long delays. > > So, this is fine but another thing we can do is propagating the distinction > through the workqueue interface so that the the choice can be made by > workqueue users. Would that make sense? It might well! My thought was to wait to suggest that until we found a real-life case where this was needed, but I have no objection to being proactive here. But the hard part... Thought for a good name? ;-) Thanx, Paul