The workqueue "workqueue" serves as a driver message queue. It has a single work item(&drv_data->pump_messages) and hence doesn't require ordering. Also, it is not being used on a memory reclaim path. Hence, the singlethreaded workqueue has been replaced with the use of system_wq. System workqueues have been able to handle high level of concurrency for a long time now and hence it's not required to have a singlethreaded workqueue just to gain concurrency. Unlike a dedicated per-cpu workqueue created with create_singlethread_workqueue(), system_wq allows multiple work items to overlap executions even on the same CPU; however, a per-cpu workqueue doesn't have any CPU locality or global ordering guarantee unless the target CPU is explicitly specified and thus the increase of local concurrency shouldn't make any difference. Work item has been flushed in bfin_sport_spi_destroy_queue() to ensure that there are no pending tasks while disconnecting the driver. Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi-bfin-sport.c | 15 ++++----------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-bfin-sport.c b/drivers/spi/spi-bfin-sport.c index 6c96755..01d0ba9 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-bfin-sport.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-bfin-sport.c @@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ struct bfin_sport_spi_master_data { /* Pin request list */ u16 *pin_req; - /* Driver message queue */ - struct workqueue_struct *workqueue; struct work_struct pump_messages; spinlock_t lock; struct list_head queue; @@ -300,7 +298,7 @@ bfin_sport_spi_giveback(struct bfin_sport_spi_master_data *drv_data) drv_data->cur_msg = NULL; drv_data->cur_transfer = NULL; drv_data->cur_chip = NULL; - queue_work(drv_data->workqueue, &drv_data->pump_messages); + schedule_work(&drv_data->pump_messages); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drv_data->lock, flags); if (!drv_data->cs_change) @@ -556,7 +554,7 @@ bfin_sport_spi_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *msg) list_add_tail(&msg->queue, &drv_data->queue); if (drv_data->run && !drv_data->busy) - queue_work(drv_data->workqueue, &drv_data->pump_messages); + schedule_work(&drv_data->pump_messages); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drv_data->lock, flags); @@ -666,12 +664,7 @@ bfin_sport_spi_init_queue(struct bfin_sport_spi_master_data *drv_data) tasklet_init(&drv_data->pump_transfers, bfin_sport_spi_pump_transfers, (unsigned long)drv_data); - /* init messages workqueue */ INIT_WORK(&drv_data->pump_messages, bfin_sport_spi_pump_messages); - drv_data->workqueue = - create_singlethread_workqueue(dev_name(drv_data->master->dev.parent)); - if (drv_data->workqueue == NULL) - return -EBUSY; return 0; } @@ -694,7 +687,7 @@ bfin_sport_spi_start_queue(struct bfin_sport_spi_master_data *drv_data) drv_data->cur_chip = NULL; spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drv_data->lock, flags); - queue_work(drv_data->workqueue, &drv_data->pump_messages); + schedule_work(&drv_data->pump_messages); return 0; } @@ -738,7 +731,7 @@ bfin_sport_spi_destroy_queue(struct bfin_sport_spi_master_data *drv_data) if (status) return status; - destroy_workqueue(drv_data->workqueue); + flush_work(&drv_data->pump_messages); return 0; } -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html