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

["Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@intel.com>]

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@gmail.com>
> ---
>   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