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Message-ID: <aEajxQxP_aWhqHHB@82bae11342dd>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 09:05:09 +0000
From: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>
To: Jun Miao <jun.miao@...el.com>
CC: <oneukum@...e.com>, <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: Convert tasklet API to new bottom half
 workqueue mechanism

Hi,

On 2025-06-09 at 07:26:10, Jun Miao (jun.miao@...el.com) wrote:
>  Migrate tasklet APIs to the new bottom half workqueue mechanism. It
>  replaces all occurrences of tasklet usage with the appropriate workqueue
>  APIs throughout the usbnet driver. This transition ensures compatibility
>  with the latest design and enhances performance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jun Miao <jun.miao@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c   | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  include/linux/usb/usbnet.h |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
> index c04e715a4c2a..566127b4e0ba 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
> @@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static enum skb_state defer_bh(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  
>  	__skb_queue_tail(&dev->done, skb);
>  	if (dev->done.qlen == 1)
> -		tasklet_schedule(&dev->bh);
> +		queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  	spin_unlock(&dev->done.lock);
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&list->lock, flags);
>  	return old_state;
> @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int rx_submit (struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb, gfp_t flags)
>  		default:
>  			netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net,
>  				  "rx submit, %d\n", retval);
> -			tasklet_schedule (&dev->bh);
> +			queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  			break;
>  		case 0:
>  			__usbnet_queue_skb(&dev->rxq, skb, rx_start);
> @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ void usbnet_resume_rx(struct usbnet *dev)
>  		num++;
>  	}
>  
> -	tasklet_schedule(&dev->bh);
> +	queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  
>  	netif_dbg(dev, rx_status, dev->net,
>  		  "paused rx queue disabled, %d skbs requeued\n", num);
> @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ void usbnet_unlink_rx_urbs(struct usbnet *dev)
>  {
>  	if (netif_running(dev->net)) {
>  		(void) unlink_urbs (dev, &dev->rxq);
> -		tasklet_schedule(&dev->bh);
> +		queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  	}
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_unlink_rx_urbs);
> @@ -861,14 +861,14 @@ int usbnet_stop (struct net_device *net)
>  	/* deferred work (timer, softirq, task) must also stop */
>  	dev->flags = 0;
>  	timer_delete_sync(&dev->delay);
> -	tasklet_kill(&dev->bh);
> +	disable_work_sync(&dev->bh_work);
>  	cancel_work_sync(&dev->kevent);
>  
>  	/* We have cyclic dependencies. Those calls are needed
>  	 * to break a cycle. We cannot fall into the gaps because
>  	 * we have a flag
>  	 */
> -	tasklet_kill(&dev->bh);
> +	disable_work_sync(&dev->bh_work);
>  	timer_delete_sync(&dev->delay);
>  	cancel_work_sync(&dev->kevent);
>  
> @@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ int usbnet_open (struct net_device *net)
>  	clear_bit(EVENT_RX_KILL, &dev->flags);
>  
>  	// delay posting reads until we're fully open
> -	tasklet_schedule (&dev->bh);
> +	queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  	if (info->manage_power) {
>  		retval = info->manage_power(dev, 1);
>  		if (retval < 0) {
> @@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ static void __handle_link_change(struct usbnet *dev)
>  		 */
>  	} else {
>  		/* submitting URBs for reading packets */
> -		tasklet_schedule(&dev->bh);
> +		queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  	}
>  
>  	/* hard_mtu or rx_urb_size may change during link change */
> @@ -1198,11 +1198,11 @@ usbnet_deferred_kevent (struct work_struct *work)
>  		} else {
>  			clear_bit (EVENT_RX_HALT, &dev->flags);
>  			if (!usbnet_going_away(dev))
> -				tasklet_schedule(&dev->bh);
> +				queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	/* tasklet could resubmit itself forever if memory is tight */
> +	/* workqueue could resubmit itself forever if memory is tight */
>  	if (test_bit (EVENT_RX_MEMORY, &dev->flags)) {
>  		struct urb	*urb = NULL;
>  		int resched = 1;
> @@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ usbnet_deferred_kevent (struct work_struct *work)
>  fail_lowmem:
>  			if (resched)
>  				if (!usbnet_going_away(dev))
> -					tasklet_schedule(&dev->bh);
> +					queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ void usbnet_tx_timeout (struct net_device *net, unsigned int txqueue)
>  	struct usbnet		*dev = netdev_priv(net);
>  
>  	unlink_urbs (dev, &dev->txq);
> -	tasklet_schedule (&dev->bh);
> +	queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  	/* this needs to be handled individually because the generic layer
>  	 * doesn't know what is sufficient and could not restore private
>  	 * information if a remedy of an unconditional reset were used.
> @@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ static inline void usb_free_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
>  
>  /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>  
> -// tasklet (work deferred from completions, in_irq) or timer
> +// workqueue (work deferred from completions, in_irq) or timer
>  
>  static void usbnet_bh (struct timer_list *t)
>  {
> @@ -1601,16 +1601,16 @@ static void usbnet_bh (struct timer_list *t)
>  					  "rxqlen %d --> %d\n",
>  					  temp, dev->rxq.qlen);
>  			if (dev->rxq.qlen < RX_QLEN(dev))
> -				tasklet_schedule (&dev->bh);
> +				queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
Correct me if am wrong. 
Just above this code there is - if (rx_alloc_submit(dev, GFP_ATOMIC) == -ENOLINK).
You can change it to GFP_KERNEL since this is not atomic context now.

Thanks,
Sundeep
>  		}
>  		if (dev->txq.qlen < TX_QLEN (dev))
>  			netif_wake_queue (dev->net);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static void usbnet_bh_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t)
> +static void usbnet_bh_workqueue(struct work_struct *work)
>  {
> -	struct usbnet *dev = from_tasklet(dev, t, bh);
> +	struct usbnet *dev = from_work(dev, work, bh_work);
>  
>  	usbnet_bh(&dev->delay);
>  }
> @@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
>  	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->txq);
>  	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->done);
>  	skb_queue_head_init(&dev->rxq_pause);
> -	tasklet_setup(&dev->bh, usbnet_bh_tasklet);
> +	INIT_WORK (&dev->bh_work, usbnet_bh_workqueue);
>  	INIT_WORK (&dev->kevent, usbnet_deferred_kevent);
>  	init_usb_anchor(&dev->deferred);
>  	timer_setup(&dev->delay, usbnet_bh, 0);
> @@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ int usbnet_resume (struct usb_interface *intf)
>  
>  			if (!(dev->txq.qlen >= TX_QLEN(dev)))
>  				netif_tx_wake_all_queues(dev->net);
> -			tasklet_schedule (&dev->bh);
> +			queue_work(system_bh_wq, &dev->bh_work);
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
> index 0b9f1e598e3a..208682f77179 100644
> --- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
> +++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct usbnet {
>  	unsigned		interrupt_count;
>  	struct mutex		interrupt_mutex;
>  	struct usb_anchor	deferred;
> -	struct tasklet_struct	bh;
> +	struct work_struct	bh_work;
>  
>  	struct work_struct	kevent;
>  	unsigned long		flags;
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

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