linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "workqueue: remove unused cancel

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Message-ID: <CAJhGHyC7VLM1PnXMu2zmdX=xtSNKo6VGO5p0AkUnaaMsuZytpA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 08:47:04 +0800
From:   Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
To:     Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky@....com>
Cc:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, Christian.Koenig@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "workqueue: remove unused cancel_work()"

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:04 PM Andrey Grodzovsky
<andrey.grodzovsky@....com> wrote:
>
> See this patch-set https://www.spinics.net/lists/amd-gfx/msg78514.html, specifically patch
> 'drm/amdgpu: Switch to delayed work from work_struct.
>
> I will just reiterate here -
>
> We need to be able to do non blocking cancel pending reset works
> from within GPU reset. Currently kernel API allows this only
> for delayed_work and not for work_struct.
>

I'm OK with the change.

With an updated changelog:

Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan<jiangshanlai@...il.com>


Thanks
Lai