Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Introduce threadlets

[Balbir Singh]

* Arun R B <address@hidden> [2010-10-21 17:40:45]:

> From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <address@hidden>
> 
> 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.
> 
> address@hidden: Facelift of the code, Documentation, cancel_threadlet
> and other helpers]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Sripathi Kodi <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Arun R Bharadwaj <address@hidden>


Acked-by: Balbir Singh <address@hidden>
 
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        Balbir