netdev - Re: [net-next] enetc: fix locking for one-step timestamping packet transfer

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Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:35:41 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Y.b. Lu" <yangbo.lu@....com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [net-next] enetc: fix locking for one-step timestamping packet
 transfer

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 06:18:57 +0000 Y.b. Lu wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:48:17 +0800 Yangbo Lu wrote:  
> > > +	/* Queue one-step Sync packet if already locked */
> > > +	if (skb->cb[0] & ENETC_F_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC_TSTAMP) {
> > > +		if  
> > (test_and_set_bit_lock(ENETC_TX_ONESTEP_TSTAMP_IN_PROGRESS,  
> > > +					  &priv->flags)) {
> > > +			skb_queue_tail(&priv->tx_skbs, skb);
> > > +			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
> > > +		}
> > > +	}  
> > 
> > Isn't this missing queue_work() as well?
> > 
> > Also as I mentioned I don't understand why you created a separate workqueue
> > instead of using the system workqueue via schedule_work().  
> 
> queue_work(system_wq, ) was put in clean_tx. I finally followed the
> logic you suggested :)

Ah, I didn't look close enough. I was expecting to see schedule_work(),
please consider sending a follow up, queue_work(system_wq, $work) is a
rare construct.