* Arun R B <a...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [2010-10-21 17:40:45]: > From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > This patch creates a generic asynchronous-task-offloading infrastructure named > threadlets. The core idea has been borrowed from the threading framework that > is being used by paio. > > The reason for creating this generic infrastructure is so that other > subsystems, > such as virtio-9p could make use of it for offloading tasks that could block. > > The patch creates a global queue on-to which subsystems can queue their tasks > to > be executed asynchronously. > > The patch also provides API's that allow a subsystem to create a private queue > with an associated pool of threads. > > [...@in.ibm.com: Facelift of the code, Documentation, cancel_threadlet > and other helpers] > > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy <gautham.she...@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: Sripathi Kodi <sripat...@in.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Arun R Bharadwaj <a...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> -- Three Cheers, Balbir