netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 1/4] net: wangxun: Add support for PTP clock

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Message-ID: <Z63pXJKUNJqZlwdu@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:45:16 -0800
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
	linux@...linux.org.uk, horms@...nel.org, jacob.e.keller@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev,
	mengyuanlou@...-swift.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 1/4] net: wangxun: Add support for PTP clock

On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 06:17:44PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

> Give it a go, I think it will work better when machine is heavily
> loaded and workqueues get blasted with other work items. But not
> a hard requirement if it's difficult to get right.

"work" items are essentially uncontrollable.  They should be avoided
if you need any kind of QoS for work being done.

Thanks,
Richard