linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: convert to use kthread

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Date:   Sat, 22 Jul 2017 07:29:14 +0200
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, Wingman Kwok <w-kwok2@...com>,
        Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: convert to use
 kthread_worker

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 06:49:42PM -0500, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> There could be significant delay in CPTS work schedule under high system
> load and on -RT which could cause CPTS misbehavior due to internal counter
> overflow. Usage of own kthread_worker allows to avoid such kind of issues
> and makes it possible to tune priority of CPTS kthread_worker thread on -RT
> (thread name "cpts").

I have also seen excessive delays in the time stamp work from the
dp83640 under certain loads.  Can we please implement this time stamp
kthread_worker in the PHC subsystem?  That way, the facility can be
used by other drivers without code duplication.

Thanks,
Richard