On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 05:41:44PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:30:30AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > >On Sun 16-06-13 09:14:46, Wanpeng Li wrote: > >> After commit 839a8e86("writeback: replace custom worker pool implementation > >> with unbound workqueue"), there is no bdi forker thread any more. However, > >> WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD is still used due to it is somewhat userland > >> visible > > > >What exactly "somewhat userland visible" means? > >Is this about trace events? > > Thanks for the question, Tejun, could you explain this for us? ;-)
Yeah, I was referring to the WB_REASON strings in include/trace/events/writeback.h. We can rename the internal constant and leave the string alone too but I don't think it matters either way. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/