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The kthread worker API is simple. In short, it allows to create, use, and
destroy workers. kthread_create_worker_on_cpu() just allows to bind a
newly created worker to a given CPU.
It is up to the API user how to handle CPU hotplug. They have to decide
how to handle pending work items, prevent queuing new ones, and restore
the functionality when the CPU goes off and on. There are few catches:
+ The CPU affinity gets lost when it is scheduled on an offline CPU.
+ The worker might not exist when the CPU was off when the user
created the workers.
A good practice is to implement two CPU hotplug callbacks and
destroy/create the worker when CPU goes down/up.
Mention this in the function description.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: grammar tweaks]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201028073031.4536-1-qiang.zhang@windriver.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201102101039.19227-1-pmladek@suse.com
Reported-by: Zhang Qiang <Qiang.Zhang@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.