From 780484d853d096b4253b966e1789c4f338dd7301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Rustad Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:21:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Tested-by: Darin Miller Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- 2.20.1