netdev - [PATCH V4 2/4] PHYLIB: queue work on unbound wq

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Message-Id: <6be4e9ad2048a2a9d60143f58931c3fe94770175.1364739015.git.viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Date:	Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:57:03 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	tj@...nel.org
Cc:	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, patches@...aro.org,
	robin.randhawa@....com, Steve.Bannister@....com,
	Liviu.Dudau@....com, charles.garcia-tobin@....com,
	arvind.chauhan@....com, davem@...emloft.net, airlied@...hat.com,
	axboe@...nel.dk, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V4 2/4] PHYLIB: queue work on unbound wq

Phylib uses workqueues for multiple purposes. There is no real dependency of
scheduling these on the cpu which scheduled them.

On a idle system, it is observed that and idle cpu wakes up many times just to
service this work. It would be better if we can schedule it on a cpu which the
scheduler believes to be the most appropriate one.

This patch replaces system_wq with system_unbound_wq for PHYLIB.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index c14f147..b2fe180 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void phy_start_machine(struct phy_device *phydev,
 {
 	phydev->adjust_state = handler;
 
-	schedule_delayed_work(&phydev->state_queue, HZ);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &phydev->state_queue, HZ);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static irqreturn_t phy_interrupt(int irq, void *phy_dat)
 	disable_irq_nosync(irq);
 	atomic_inc(&phydev->irq_disable);
 
-	schedule_work(&phydev->phy_queue);
+	queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &phydev->phy_queue);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static void phy_change(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/* reschedule state queue work to run as soon as possible */
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&phydev->state_queue);
-	schedule_delayed_work(&phydev->state_queue, 0);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &phydev->state_queue, 0);
 
 	return;
 
@@ -918,7 +918,8 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (err < 0)
 		phy_error(phydev);
 
-	schedule_delayed_work(&phydev->state_queue, PHY_STATE_TIME * HZ);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &phydev->state_queue,
+			PHY_STATE_TIME * HZ);
 }
 
 static inline void mmd_phy_indirect(struct mii_bus *bus, int prtad, int devad,
-- 
1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e

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