linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/25] wm97xx: don't use [delayed_]work

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Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:49:13 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/25] wm97xx: don't use [delayed_]work_pending()

On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 03:53:36PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 04:18:27PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:

> > I'm a bit nervous about the fact that currently both the pen down IRQ
> > and the coordinate read are pushed through a single workqueue so are
> > serialised but after your patch they'll be split into the IRQ thread and
> > the workqueue.  It *should* be fine but I'd have to sit there and study
> > it to convince myself that it's safe.

> Mark,

> Did yo have a chance to review the patch?

> Thanks!

Sort of.  I'd be much happier keeping them serialised, it's too much
work on legacy code to convince myself otherwise.

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