Hi, On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 5:27 AM Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks for your suggestion, irq_work_schedule() looked even better > without any overhead, see below: > > diff --git a/include/linux/irq_work.h b/include/linux/irq_work.h > index 3082378..1eade89 100644 > --- a/include/linux/irq_work.h > +++ b/include/linux/irq_work.h > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ > #define _LINUX_IRQ_WORK_H > > #include <linux/smp_types.h> > +#include <linux/workqueue.h> > > /* > * An entry can be in one of four states: > @@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ struct irq_work { > void (*func)(struct irq_work *); > }; > > +struct irq_work_schedule { > + struct irq_work work; > + struct work_struct *sched_work; > +}; > + > static inline > void init_irq_work(struct irq_work *work, void (*func)(struct irq_work *)) > { > { > @@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ void init_irq_work(struct irq_work *work, void > (*func)(struct irq_work *)) > > bool irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *work); > bool irq_work_queue_on(struct irq_work *work, int cpu); > +bool irq_work_schedule(struct work_struct *sched_work); > > void irq_work_tick(void); > void irq_work_sync(struct irq_work *work); > diff --git a/kernel/irq_work.c b/kernel/irq_work.c > index eca8396..3880316 100644 > --- a/kernel/irq_work.c > +++ b/kernel/irq_work.c > @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, raised_list); > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, lazy_list); > > +static struct irq_work_schedule irq_work_sched; > + > /* > * Claim the entry so that no one else will poke at it. > */ > @@ -79,6 +81,25 @@ bool irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *work) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_work_queue); > > +static void irq_work_schedule_fn(struct irq_work *work) > +{ > + struct irq_work_schedule *irq_work_sched = > + container_of(work, struct irq_work_schedule, work); > + > + if (irq_work_sched->sched_work) > + schedule_work(irq_work_sched->sched_work); > +} > + > +/* Schedule work via irq work queue */ > +bool irq_work_schedule(struct work_struct *sched_work) > +{ > + init_irq_work(&irq_work_sched.work, irq_work_schedule_fn); > + irq_work_sched.sched_work = sched_work; > + > + return irq_work_queue(&irq_work_sched.work); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_work_schedule); Wait, howzat work? There's a single global variable that you stash the "sched_work" into with no locking? What if two people schedule work at the same time? -Doug