Re: [RFT] bridge: eliminate port_check workqueue

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Wed Feb 21 2007 - 16:21:30 EST


On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:09:16 +0300
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 02/21, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> >
> > This is what I was suggesting by getting rid of the work queue completely.
>
> Can't comment this patch, but if we can get rid of the work_struct - good!
>
> > -static void port_carrier_check(struct work_struct *work)
> > +void br_port_carrier_check(struct net_bridge_port *p)
> > {
> > - struct net_bridge_port *p;
> > - struct net_device *dev;
> > - struct net_bridge *br;
> > -
> > - dev = container_of(work, struct net_bridge_port,
> > - carrier_check.work)->dev;
> > - work_release(work);
>
> May I ask you to redo this patch on top of
>
> [PATCH 1/3] net/bridge/br_if.c: don't use _WORK_NAR
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=117183517612775
>
> ?
>
> We are removing the _NAR stuff, it would be nice to do this in a separate
> patch.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Oleg.

I would rather put it in a bugfix patchset for 2.6.21 and 2.6.20-stable

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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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