queue_work() can test efficiently whether or not work is pending. Hence, simplify cm_event_handler() by always calling queue_work() instead of only if the list with pending work is empty. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c index ae9c12409f8a..3d66aec36899 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c @@ -1093,11 +1093,8 @@ static int cm_event_handler(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id, } refcount_inc(&cm_id_priv->refcount); - if (list_empty(&cm_id_priv->work_list)) { - list_add_tail(&work->list, &cm_id_priv->work_list); - queue_work(iwcm_wq, &work->work); - } else - list_add_tail(&work->list, &cm_id_priv->work_list); + list_add_tail(&work->list, &cm_id_priv->work_list); + queue_work(iwcm_wq, &work->work); out: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cm_id_priv->lock, flags); return ret;