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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:19:27 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru> Cc: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFT] bridge: eliminate port_check workqueue On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:09:16 +0300 Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru> wrote: > On 02/21, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > This is what I was suggesting by getting rid of the work queue completely. > > Can't comment this patch, but if we can get rid of the work_struct - good! > > > -static void port_carrier_check(struct work_struct *work) > > +void br_port_carrier_check(struct net_bridge_port *p) > > { > > - struct net_bridge_port *p; > > - struct net_device *dev; > > - struct net_bridge *br; > > - > > - dev = container_of(work, struct net_bridge_port, > > - carrier_check.work)->dev; > > - work_release(work); > > May I ask you to redo this patch on top of > > [PATCH 1/3] net/bridge/br_if.c: don't use _WORK_NAR > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=117183517612775 > > ? > > We are removing the _NAR stuff, it would be nice to do this in a separate > patch. > > Thanks! > > Oleg. I would rather put it in a bugfix patchset for 2.6.21 and 2.6.20-stable -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> - 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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