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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:39:06 -0300 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br> To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> Cc: kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rpurdie@...ys.net Subject: Re: introduce delayed-leds.h to reduce code duplication On Sun, 08 Mar 2009, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Tue 2009-01-20 10:04:00, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > On Mon 2009-01-12 08:05:01, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > > > On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > What about something like this? > > > > > > > > > > [Alternatively, I can add a flag to the leds class, and make delayed > > > > > leds a built-in functionality...] > > > > > > > > > > [Attached is driver that uses new infrastructure for hp_accel, but it > > > > > does a bit more.] > > > > > > > > FWIW, I am looking over the thinkpad-acpi side of this. I like the idea, > > > > but I am not completely sure I agree fully with the changes to > > > > thinkpad-acpi. > > > > > > > > Which isn't a problem, as long as the thinkpad-acpi hunks are NOT merged to > > > > any tree before my ACK, please. I will test and comment on the patch before > > > > the weekend. > > > > > > Any news? > > > > Sure. Sorry for not replying earlier. > > > > I don't like the loss of functionality of the private workqueue. I kicked > > the thinkpad led handling to a private workqueue in order to never tie up > > the system-wide one with crap spinning around in the ACPI layer, etc. In > > fact, all thinkpad-acpi deferred work is in the private workqueue for this > > reason. > > Is the private workqueue really required? AFAICT workqueues are not > exactly cheap, and leds are not toggled that often. Was it problem in > practice? Well, the day we can trust the main workqueue not to block or delay important stuff, I will use it. Until then, I feel it is best to have thinkpad-acpi work scheduled independently from the important stuff. The private workqueue is NOT used just for the LEDs, it is used for every thinkpad-acpi deferred-work needs. And I'd rather the thinkpad-acpi LED work didn't move to the main workqueue. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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