Re: [PATCH] crypto: qat - add internal timer for qat 4xxx

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On 2023-06-16 at 20:22:58 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 02:04:24PM +0200, Damian Muszynski wrote:
> >
> > We considered the usage of delayed work when implementing this, but it will 
> > break functionality. Apart from scheduling the work queue, timer_handler() is 
> > incrementing a counter which keeps track of how many times the timer was scheduled.
> 
> Please be more specific.  I don't understand why the counter can't
> be incremented in the delayed work instead of the timer.
> 

We found a solution with which we can be sure about accuracy and replace 
the timer with delayed work as you suggested. An reworked patch is included 
with a new version of the heartbeat patchset as the feature development is now 
finished and this patch is a prerequisite for it. 

Best Regards,
Damian Muszynski



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