[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] drm/i915: avoid flush_scheduled_work() usage

[Jani Nikula]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2023, Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel at I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> wrote:
> On 2023/03/15 19:47, Luca Coelho wrote:
>> On Tue, 2023-03-14 at 20:21 +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
>>> Like commit c4f135d643823a86 ("workqueue: Wrap flush_workqueue() using a
>>> macro") says, flush_scheduled_work() is dangerous and will be forbidden.
>>>
>>> Now that i915 is the last flush_scheduled_work() user, for now let's
>>> start with blind conversion inside the whole drivers/gpu/drm/i915/
>>> directory. Jani Nikula wants to use two workqueues in order to avoid
>>> adding new module globals, but I'm not familiar enough to audit and
>>> split into two workqueues.
>>>
>>> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87sfeita1p.fsf@intel.com
>>> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel at I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
>>> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>>> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>
>>> Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>>> Changes in v2:
>>>   Add missing alloc_workqueue() failure check.
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Thanks for your patch! But it seems that you only fixed that failure
>> check, without making the other change Jani proposed, namely, move the
>> work to the i915 struct instead of making it a global.
>> 
>> I'm working on that now.
>
> What is estimated time of arrival on this?
> Can we expect your work in Linux 6.4 ?

I'm afraid that ship has sailed. Sorry. :(

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center