Re: [PATCH] airo driver: fix races, oops, etc..

Javier Achirica
2003-08-05T10:19:21Z

On 5 Aug 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 10:53, Javier Achirica wrote:
> > I've integrated this patch in my code. I've done a major change: Instead
> > of using schedule_delayed_work(), I create a new workqueue and use
> > queue_work() on that queue. As all tasks sleep in the same lock, I can
> > queue them there and make them sleep instead of requeueing them.
> >
> > I haven't sent them to Jeff yet, as I want to do more testing. If you want
> > to help testing them, please tell me.
>
> Well... creating a work queue means you create one thread per CPU, that
> sucks a bit don't think ? Maybe using a single thread for the driver
> with your own queuing primitives...

You're right. In my PC, with just one CPU, it doesn't make a difference
:-)

Anyway, I took a look at the workqueue code and looks like I only need a
"create_workqueue()" that only creates one thread. This is what
create_workqueue_thread() does, but it's static. Oh, well. I can also
destroy all threads but one or, as you say, write my own code. I have to
think about it....