On 07/02, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 07:36:29PM +0400, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > Imho, the current naming of cancel_xxx workqueue functions is very
> > confusing.
> >
> > cancel_delayed_work()
> > cancel_rearming_delayed_work()
> > cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue() // obsolete
> >
> > cancel_work_sync()
> >
> > This looks as if the first 2 functions differ in "type" of their argument
> > which
> > is not true any longer, nowadays the difference is the behaviour.
> >
> > The semantics of cancel_rearming_delayed_work(dwork) was changed
> > significantly,
> > it doesn't require that dwork rearms itself, and cancels dwork
> > synchronously.
> >
> > Rename it to cancel_delayed_work_sync(). This matches cancel_delayed_work()
> > and
> > cancel_work_sync(). Re-create cancel_rearming_delayed_work() as a simple
> > inline
> > obsolete wrapper, like cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue().
>
> I like the idea of this change, but have some doubt: "_sync"
> usually suggests the main difference from "" (or _nosync) is:
> _sync waits for something, while _nosync doesn't wait and
> instantly returns.
Yes, but we already have cancel_work_sync().
> Here it's a bit complicated: cancel_delayed_work() (so nosync),
> actually can wait a little too (on del_timer_sync). And
> cancel_rearming_delayed_work() is really more universal now,
> but still the main difference is this should be used with works
> that rearm (at least sometimes). If there is no rearming - no
> reason for this function (of course not forbidden too) - and
> maybe it better helps to remember the difference?
There is a reason even if no rearming. We have a lot of
cancel_delayed_work();
flush_workqueue();
This should be converted to use cancel_delayed_work_sync().
Note also that both cancel_work_sync() and cancel_rearming_delayed_work()
can be used on any work (rearming or not) and both imply "flush".
I think the "_rearming" part of the name is very confusing, and a "good"
name should be consistent with cancel_work_sync() and cancel_delayed_work()
which we already have.
Oleg.
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