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authorMark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@intel.com>2015-10-21 17:21:10 -0700
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2015-12-03 02:32:07 -0800
commit780484d853d096b4253b966e1789c4f338dd7301 (patch)
tree666baa3685c583019ae561dfdfb76b6b3b5a9ff3 /drivers/net/ethernet
parent83a9fb20ecc4bb8b36a610ab833962fed52db64c (diff)
ixgbe: Use private workqueue to avoid certain possible hangs
Use a private workqueue to avoid hangs that were otherwise possible when performing stress tests, such as creating and destroying many VFS repeatedly. Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@intel.com> Tested-by: Darin Miller <darin.j.miller@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index c95042ee30de..0918e32012c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
+static struct workqueue_struct *ixgbe_wq;
+
static bool ixgbe_check_cfg_remove(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, struct pci_dev *pdev);
static int ixgbe_read_pci_cfg_word_parent(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ static void ixgbe_service_event_schedule(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state) &&
!test_bit(__IXGBE_REMOVING, &adapter->state) &&
!test_and_set_bit(__IXGBE_SERVICE_SCHED, &adapter->state))
- schedule_work(&adapter->service_task);
+ queue_work(ixgbe_wq, &adapter->service_task);
}
static void ixgbe_remove_adapter(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
@@ -9320,6 +9322,12 @@ static int __init ixgbe_init_module(void)
pr_info("%s - version %s\n", ixgbe_driver_string, ixgbe_driver_version);
pr_info("%s\n", ixgbe_copyright);
+ ixgbe_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(ixgbe_driver_name);
+ if (!ixgbe_wq) {
+ pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", ixgbe_driver_name);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
ixgbe_dbg_init();
ret = pci_register_driver(&ixgbe_driver);
@@ -9351,6 +9359,10 @@ static void __exit ixgbe_exit_module(void)
pci_unregister_driver(&ixgbe_driver);
ixgbe_dbg_exit();
+ if (ixgbe_wq) {
+ destroy_workqueue(ixgbe_wq);
+ ixgbe_wq = NULL;
+ }
}
#ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA