Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] e1000e: Change watchdog task to be delayed work

From: Neftin, Sasha
Date: Wed Nov 07 2018 - 02:02:06 EST


On 11/4/2018 02:17, Robert Eshleman wrote:
This completes a pending TODO to use queue_delayed_work() instead of
schedule_work().

Signed-off-by: Robert Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 16a73bd..a387b21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ static int debug = -1;
module_param(debug, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug level (0=none,...,16=all)");
+struct workqueue_struct *e1000e_workqueue;
+
static const struct e1000_info *e1000_info_tbl[] = {
[board_82571] = &e1000_82571_info,
[board_82572] = &e1000_82572_info,
@@ -5137,9 +5139,9 @@ static void e1000_watchdog(struct timer_list *t)
struct e1000_adapter *adapter = from_timer(adapter, t, watchdog_timer);
/* Do the rest outside of interrupt context */
- schedule_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
+ struct delayed_work *dwork = to_delayed_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
- /* TODO: make this use queue_delayed_work() */
+ queue_delayed_work(e1000e_workqueue, dwork, 1);
}
static void e1000_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -7572,6 +7574,13 @@ static int __init e1000_init_module(void)
e1000e_driver_version);
pr_info("Copyright(c) 1999 - 2015 Intel Corporation.\n");
+ e1000e_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0,
+ e1000e_driver_name);
+ if (!e1000e_workqueue) {
+ pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", e1000e_driver_name);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
return pci_register_driver(&e1000_driver);
}
module_init(e1000_init_module);
@@ -7585,6 +7594,7 @@ module_init(e1000_init_module);
static void __exit e1000_exit_module(void)
{
pci_unregister_driver(&e1000_driver);
+ destroy_workqueue(e1000e_workqueue);
}
module_exit(e1000_exit_module);

Hello,
What is benefit of using 'delayed_work' mechanism instead of 'schedue_work'? Some improvement in the driver behavior?
Thanks,
Sasha