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authorMark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@intel.com>2015-10-22 03:21:15 +0300
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2015-12-03 13:32:08 +0300
commit40a13e2493c9882cb4d09054d81a5063cd1589a2 (patch)
treeade3623d35f52fcaa432d7a764e868e61ecf8ba8 /drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf
parent780484d853d096b4253b966e1789c4f338dd7301 (diff)
downloadlinux-40a13e2493c9882cb4d09054d81a5063cd1589a2.tar.xz
ixgbevf: Use a 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/intel/ixgbevf')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index dbbd1be47462..18f1c2232cad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static const char ixgbevf_driver_string[] =
#define DRV_VERSION "2.12.1-k"
const char ixgbevf_driver_version[] = DRV_VERSION;
static char ixgbevf_copyright[] =
- "Copyright (c) 2009 - 2012 Intel Corporation.";
+ "Copyright (c) 2009 - 2015 Intel Corporation.";
static const struct ixgbevf_info *ixgbevf_info_tbl[] = {
[board_82599_vf] = &ixgbevf_82599_vf_info,
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ static int debug = -1;
module_param(debug, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug level (0=none,...,16=all)");
+static struct workqueue_struct *ixgbevf_wq;
+
static void ixgbevf_service_event_schedule(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
{
if (!test_bit(__IXGBEVF_DOWN, &adapter->state) &&
!test_bit(__IXGBEVF_REMOVING, &adapter->state) &&
!test_and_set_bit(__IXGBEVF_SERVICE_SCHED, &adapter->state))
- schedule_work(&adapter->service_task);
+ queue_work(ixgbevf_wq, &adapter->service_task);
}
static void ixgbevf_service_event_complete(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
@@ -4250,6 +4252,11 @@ static int __init ixgbevf_init_module(void)
ixgbevf_driver_version);
pr_info("%s\n", ixgbevf_copyright);
+ ixgbevf_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(ixgbevf_driver_name);
+ if (!ixgbevf_wq) {
+ pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", ixgbevf_driver_name);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
ret = pci_register_driver(&ixgbevf_driver);
return ret;
@@ -4266,6 +4273,10 @@ module_init(ixgbevf_init_module);
static void __exit ixgbevf_exit_module(void)
{
pci_unregister_driver(&ixgbevf_driver);
+ if (ixgbevf_wq) {
+ destroy_workqueue(ixgbevf_wq);
+ ixgbevf_wq = NULL;
+ }
}
#ifdef DEBUG