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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2010-08-01 11:50:12 +0200
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2010-08-01 11:50:12 +0200
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workqueue: explain for_each_*cwq_cpu() iterators
for_each_*cwq_cpu() are similar to regular CPU iterators except that it also considers the pseudo CPU number used for unbound workqueues. Explain them. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index e5cb7faac58e..1105c474073a 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -271,6 +271,19 @@ static inline int __next_wq_cpu(int cpu, const struct cpumask *mask,
return __next_gcwq_cpu(cpu, mask, !(wq->flags & WQ_UNBOUND) ? 1 : 2);
}
+/*
+ * CPU iterators
+ *
+ * An extra gcwq is defined for an invalid cpu number
+ * (WORK_CPU_UNBOUND) to host workqueues which are not bound to any
+ * specific CPU. The following iterators are similar to
+ * for_each_*_cpu() iterators but also considers the unbound gcwq.
+ *
+ * for_each_gcwq_cpu() : possible CPUs + WORK_CPU_UNBOUND
+ * for_each_online_gcwq_cpu() : online CPUs + WORK_CPU_UNBOUND
+ * for_each_cwq_cpu() : possible CPUs for bound workqueues,
+ * WORK_CPU_UNBOUND for unbound workqueues
+ */
#define for_each_gcwq_cpu(cpu) \
for ((cpu) = __next_gcwq_cpu(-1, cpu_possible_mask, 3); \
(cpu) < WORK_CPU_NONE; \