Hello Daniel, On 2/8/22 22:08, Daniel Vetter wrote: > Allows us to delete a bunch of hand-rolled stuff. Also to simplify the > code we initialize the cursor_work completely when we allocate the > fbcon_ops structure, instead of trying to cope with console > re-initialization. > Maybe also make it more explicit in the commit message that the delayed work is replacing a timer that was used before for the cursor ? > The motiviation here is that fbcon code stops using the fb_info.queue, motivation [snip] > /* > * This is the interface between the low-level console driver and the > @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct fbcon_ops { > int (*update_start)(struct fb_info *info); > int (*rotate_font)(struct fb_info *info, struct vc_data *vc); > struct fb_var_screeninfo var; /* copy of the current fb_var_screeninfo */ > - struct timer_list cursor_timer; /* Cursor timer */ > + struct delayed_work cursor_work; /* Cursor timer */ A delayed_work uses a timer underneath but I wonder if the comment also needs to be updated since technically isn't a timer anymore but deferred work that gets re-scheduled each time on fb_flashcursor(). The patch looks good to me and makes the logic much simpler than before. Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> Best regards, -- Javier Martinez Canillas Linux Engineering Red Hat