Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 2/2] leds: trigger: Add block device LED trigger

[Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com>]

On 10/8/21 05:01, Marek Behún wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:07:06 -0500
> Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have feeling that per-LED work items are likely to cause contention
>> for the mutex, since they will probably all have the same (default)
>> interval and they will usually be set up at about the same time (i.e.
>> at system boot).  Instead, I would propose to have a single work item
>> that is simply scheduled for the next time work is "needed" and then
>> checks all LEDs that are due at that time.
> 
> What about creating one work struct for all different interval values?
> 
> That way if the user never changes the interval, there will be only one
> work struct.
> 
> I wonder if this can be done in a sensible (i.e. not overcomplicated
> code) way.

I've been working on this (along with the other changes), and it's about
ready to go.  I'll send it out later today, once I've had a chance to
write up the changelog.

Thanks!

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