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From: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
To: Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@kernel.org>,
	dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/34] dmaengine: back channel BH helpers with WQ_BH
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:19:50 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <antgvm7jj7eBtDjR@vaman> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <442747fea2d831d2d6257e15a984a494bd7ad6ec.1786384168.git.allen.lkml@gmail.com>

On 10-08-26, 11:09, Allen Pais wrote:
> Replace the tasklet implementation of the channel BH helpers with a
> dedicated WQ_BH | WQ_PERCPU workqueue. The public dmaengine_*_bh() API and
> its softirq execution context remain unchanged.
> 
> Keep the workqueue operations internal to dmaengine. Drain scheduled work
> in dmaengine_kill_bh() to preserve the completion semantics of
> tasklet_kill().

Thanks Allen, this lgtm. I am asking for to test the series and report
any issues. If all is good, I plan to pick this up in 3 weeks time after
rc1. 

> 
> Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/dmaengine.c   | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  include/linux/dmaengine.h | 10 +++----
>  2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> index d8fc7eb71b48..e00f73a18e99 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
>  #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +#include <linux/workqueue.h>
>  
>  #include "dmaengine.h"
>  
> @@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(dma_list_mutex);
>  static DEFINE_IDA(dma_ida);
>  static LIST_HEAD(dma_device_list);
>  static long dmaengine_ref_count;
> +static struct workqueue_struct *dmaengine_bh_wq;
>  
>  /* --- debugfs implementation --- */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> @@ -1428,9 +1430,34 @@ static void dmaengine_destroy_unmap_pool(void)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static void dma_chan_bh_entry(struct tasklet_struct *tasklet)
> +static void dmaengine_destroy_bh_wq(void)
>  {
> -	struct dma_chan *chan = from_tasklet(chan, tasklet, bh_tasklet);
> +	if (!dmaengine_bh_wq)
> +		return;
> +
> +	destroy_workqueue(dmaengine_bh_wq);
> +	dmaengine_bh_wq = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static bool dmaengine_queue_bh_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +	if (WARN_ON(!dmaengine_bh_wq))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	return queue_work(dmaengine_bh_wq, work);
> +}
> +
> +static void dmaengine_flush_bh_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +	if (!work)
> +		return;
> +
> +	flush_work(work);
> +}
> +
> +static void dma_chan_bh_entry(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +	struct dma_chan *chan = container_of(work, struct dma_chan, bh_work);
>  	dmaengine_bh_work_fn fn = READ_ONCE(chan->bh_work_fn);
>  
>  	if (fn)
> @@ -1446,7 +1473,7 @@ void dmaengine_init_bh(struct dma_chan *chan, dmaengine_bh_work_fn fn)
>  		return;
>  
>  	chan->bh_work_fn = fn;
> -	tasklet_setup(&chan->bh_tasklet, dma_chan_bh_entry);
> +	INIT_WORK(&chan->bh_work, dma_chan_bh_entry);
>  	chan->bh_work_initialized = true;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dmaengine_init_bh);
> @@ -1456,8 +1483,7 @@ bool dmaengine_schedule_bh(struct dma_chan *chan)
>  	if (WARN_ON(!chan->bh_work_initialized))
>  		return false;
>  
> -	tasklet_schedule(&chan->bh_tasklet);
> -	return true;
> +	return dmaengine_queue_bh_work(&chan->bh_work);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dmaengine_schedule_bh);
>  
> @@ -1466,7 +1492,7 @@ void dmaengine_kill_bh(struct dma_chan *chan)
>  	if (!chan->bh_work_initialized)
>  		return;
>  
> -	tasklet_kill(&chan->bh_tasklet);
> +	dmaengine_flush_bh_work(&chan->bh_work);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dmaengine_kill_bh);
>  
> @@ -1666,15 +1692,28 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_run_dependencies);
>  
>  static int __init dma_bus_init(void)
>  {
> -	int err = dmaengine_init_unmap_pool();
> +	int err;
>  
> +	dmaengine_bh_wq = alloc_workqueue("dmaengine_bh",
> +					  WQ_BH | WQ_PERCPU, 0);
> +	if (!dmaengine_bh_wq)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	err = dmaengine_init_unmap_pool();
>  	if (err)
> -		return err;
> +		goto err_destroy_wq;
>  
>  	err = class_register(&dma_devclass);
> -	if (!err)
> -		dmaengine_debugfs_init();
> +	if (err)
> +		goto err_destroy_pool;
>  
> +	dmaengine_debugfs_init();
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_destroy_pool:
> +	dmaengine_destroy_unmap_pool();
> +err_destroy_wq:
> +	dmaengine_destroy_bh_wq();
>  	return err;
>  }
>  arch_initcall(dma_bus_init);
> diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> index a1437bdbda9b..9f1a5405f6b0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
>  #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
>  #include <linux/bitmap.h>
>  #include <linux/types.h>
> -#include <linux/interrupt.h>
> +#include <linux/workqueue.h>
>  #include <asm/page.h>
>  
>  /**
> @@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ struct dma_router {
>   * @router: pointer to the DMA router structure
>   * @route_data: channel specific data for the router
>   * @private: private data for certain client-channel associations
> - * @bh_tasklet: bottom-half tasklet stored per-channel
> - * @bh_work_fn: callback executed when @bh_tasklet runs
> - * @bh_work_initialized: indicates whether @bh_tasklet has been initialized
> + * @bh_work: bottom-half work item stored per-channel
> + * @bh_work_fn: callback executed when @bh_work runs
> + * @bh_work_initialized: indicates whether @bh_work has been initialized
>   */
>  struct dma_chan {
>  	struct dma_device *device;
> @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ struct dma_chan {
>  	void *route_data;
>  
>  	void *private;
> -	struct tasklet_struct bh_tasklet;
> +	struct work_struct bh_work;
>  	dmaengine_bh_work_fn bh_work_fn;
>  	bool bh_work_initialized;
>  };
> -- 
> 2.43.0

-- 
~Vinod

  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-11 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-08  8:03 [RFC PATCH 0/1] dmaengine: introduce dmaengine_bh_wq and bh helpers Allen Pais
2026-01-08  8:03 ` [RFC PATCH 1/1] " Allen Pais
2026-01-08 10:26   ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-01-08 19:22     ` Allen
2026-01-09 16:42       ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-01-12 22:20         ` Allen
2026-01-13  7:33           ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-01-13 19:31             ` Allen
2026-07-27 20:28 ` [PATCH v2 00/64] dmaengine: migrate channel tasklets to WQ_BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 01/64] dmaengine: add tasklet-backed channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-07-29 12:48     ` Vinod Koul
2026-08-04  3:32       ` Allen
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 02/64] dmaengine: back channel BH helpers with WQ_BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 03/64] dmaengine: apple-admac: use dma_chan BH callback Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 04/64] dmaengine: at_xdmac: move irq bottom half to dma_chan BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 05/64] dmaengine: ep93xx: hook callbacks via " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 06/64] dmaengine: fsldma: migrate tasklet to " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 07/64] dmaengine: fsl_raid: run completions via " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 08/64] dmaengine: imx-dma: flip per-chan tasklet to " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 09/64] dmaengine: ioat: convert cleanup " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:38     ` Dave Jiang
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 10/64] dmaengine: mmp_pdma: replace per-chan tasklet with " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 11/64] dmaengine: mmp_tdma: hook completions to " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 12/64] dmaengine: mv_xor: convert irq tasklet " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 13/64] dmaengine: mxs-dma: use dma_chan BH scheduling Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 14/64] dmaengine: nbpfaxi: switch callbacks to dma_chan BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 15/64] dmaengine: pch_dma: convert tasklet " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 16/64] dmaengine: ppc4xx: replace irq tasklet with " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 17/64] dmaengine: ste_dma40: convert per-channel tasklet to " Allen Pais
2026-07-28 19:33     ` Linus Walleij
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 18/64] dmaengine: xgene-dma: wire descriptor cleanup " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 19/64] dmaengine: xilinx-dma: use dma_chan BH instead of tasklets Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 20/64] dmaengine: xilinx-dpdma: kill vchan BH on remove Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 21/64] dmaengine: zynqmp-dma: switch completion tasklet to dma_chan BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 22/64] dmaengine: tegra20-apb: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 23/64] dmaengine: timb_dma: route callbacks via channel BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 24/64] dmaengine: txx9dmac: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 25/64] dmaengine: mv_xor_v2: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 26/64] dmaengine: mpc512x: route callbacks via channel BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 27/64] dmaengine: k3dma: kill vchan BH on remove Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 28/64] dmaengine: plx_dma: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:38     ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 29/64] dmaengine: sf-pdma: route error callbacks through channel BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 30/64] dmaengine: sa11x0-dma: kill vchan BH on remove Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:28   ` [PATCH v2 31/64] dmaengine: pl330: route callbacks via channel BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:34     ` Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:34   ` [PATCH v2 32/64] dmaengine: k3-udma: use channel BH for vchan completions Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:36   ` [PATCH v2 33/64] dmaengine: sun6i: kill vchan BH on teardown Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:37   ` [PATCH v2 34/64] dmaengine: mtk-cqdma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:38   ` [PATCH v2 35/64] dmaengine: altera-msgdma: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:38   ` [PATCH v2 36/64] dmaengine: sprd-dma: kill vchan BH on teardown Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:38   ` [PATCH v2 37/64] dmaengine: idma64: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 38/64] dmaengine: img-mdc-dma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 39/64] dmaengine: fsl-edma-common: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 40/64] dmaengine: dw-axi-dmac: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 41/64] dmaengine: hsu: " Allen Pais
2026-07-28  8:47     ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 42/64] dmaengine: jz4780: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 43/64] dmaengine: pxa_dma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 44/64] dmaengine: mtk-hsdma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 45/64] dmaengine: mtk-uart-apdma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 46/64] dmaengine: imx-sdma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 47/64] dmaengine: loongson1-apb: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 48/64] dmaengine: owl-dma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 49/64] dmaengine: hisi: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 50/64] dmaengine: dw-edma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 51/64] dmaengine: bcm2835: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 52/64] dmaengine: tegra210-adma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 53/64] dmaengine: fsl-qdma: use dma_chan_kill_bh Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 54/64] dmaengine: st_fdma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 55/64] dmaengine: dma-axi-dmac: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 56/64] dmaengine: omap-dma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 57/64] dmaengine: edma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 58/64] dmaengine: qcom-adm: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 59/64] dmaengine: tegra186-gpc: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 60/64] dmaengine: bam-dma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-28  8:38     ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 61/64] dmaengine: dw: defer callbacks via channel BH Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 62/64] dmaengine: hidma: " Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 63/64] dmaengine: qcom-gpi: defer callbacks via vchan Allen Pais
2026-07-27 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 64/64] dmaengine: switchtec: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-07-27 21:08     ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-07-28 20:39   ` [PATCH v2 00/64] dmaengine: migrate channel tasklets to WQ_BH Arnd Bergmann
2026-08-04  3:29     ` Allen
2026-08-10 18:09   ` [PATCH v3 00/34] " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 01/34] dmaengine: add tasklet-backed channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 02/34] dmaengine: back channel BH helpers with WQ_BH Allen Pais
2026-08-11 17:49       ` Vinod Koul [this message]
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 03/34] dmaengine: apple-admac: use dmaengine BH callback Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 04/34] dmaengine: at_xdmac: move irq bottom half to dmaengine BH Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 05/34] dmaengine: ep93xx: hook callbacks via " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 06/34] dmaengine: fsldma: migrate tasklet to " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 07/34] dmaengine: fsl_raid: run completions via " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 08/34] dmaengine: imx-dma: flip per-chan tasklet to " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 09/34] dmaengine: ioat: convert cleanup " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 10/34] dmaengine: mmp_pdma: replace per-chan tasklet with " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 11/34] dmaengine: mmp_tdma: hook completions to " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 12/34] dmaengine: mv_xor: convert irq tasklet " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 13/34] dmaengine: mxs-dma: use dmaengine BH scheduling Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 14/34] dmaengine: nbpfaxi: switch callbacks to dmaengine BH Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 15/34] dmaengine: pch_dma: convert tasklet " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 16/34] dmaengine: ppc4xx: replace irq tasklet with " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 17/34] dmaengine: ste_dma40: convert per-channel tasklet to " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 18/34] dmaengine: xgene-dma: wire descriptor cleanup " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 19/34] dmaengine: xilinx-dma: use dmaengine BH instead of tasklets Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 20/34] dmaengine: xilinx-dpdma: kill vchan BH on remove Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 21/34] dmaengine: zynqmp-dma: switch completion tasklet to dmaengine BH Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 22/34] dmaengine: tegra20-apb: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 23/34] dmaengine: timb_dma: route callbacks via channel BH Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 24/34] dmaengine: txx9dmac: " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 25/34] dmaengine: mv_xor_v2: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 26/34] dmaengine: mpc512x: route callbacks via channel BH Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 27/34] dmaengine: plx_dma: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 28/34] dmaengine: sf-pdma: route error callbacks through channel BH Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 29/34] dmaengine: pl330: route callbacks via " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 30/34] dmaengine: altera-msgdma: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 31/34] dmaengine: dw: defer callbacks via channel BH Allen Pais
2026-08-11 10:51       ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 32/34] dmaengine: hidma: " Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 33/34] dmaengine: qcom-gpi: defer callbacks via vchan Allen Pais
2026-08-10 18:09     ` [PATCH v3 34/34] dmaengine: switchtec: use channel BH helpers Allen Pais
2026-08-11 10:30     ` [PATCH v3 00/34] dmaengine: migrate channel tasklets to WQ_BH Andy Shevchenko
2026-08-11 10:50     ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-08-11 20:44       ` Allen

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