* 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>
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Three Cheers,
Balbir
