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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/slow-work.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/slow-work.txt b/Documentation/slow-work.txt index ebc50f808ea..f12fda31dcd 100644 --- a/Documentation/slow-work.txt +++ b/Documentation/slow-work.txt @@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ USING SLOW WORK ITEMS Firstly, a module or subsystem wanting to make use of slow work items must register its interest: - int ret = slow_work_register_user(); + int ret = slow_work_register_user(struct module *module); -This will return 0 if successful, or a -ve error upon failure. +This will return 0 if successful, or a -ve error upon failure. The module +pointer should be the module interested in using this facility (almost +certainly THIS_MODULE). Slow work items may then be set up by: @@ -110,7 +112,12 @@ operation. When all a module's slow work items have been processed, and the module has no further interest in the facility, it should unregister its interest: - slow_work_unregister_user(); + slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *module); + +The module pointer is used to wait for all outstanding work items for that +module before completing the unregistration. This prevents the put_ref() code +from being taken away before it completes. module should almost certainly be +THIS_MODULE. =============== |