Thanks for feedback.
Resolved the naming convention of Author/signoff part,
Check After previously reverted or rejected patches.
understand the impact of usage of "queue_delayed_work" functions in
watchdog related routines.
Impact : (59653e6497d1: e1000e: Make
watchdog use delayed work). This was resulted in driver crashes and
connections to reset unexpectedly.
May be There is no proper synchronization for above patch changes.
Thanks & Regards,
Jagadeesh Yalapalli.
On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM Paul Menzel <pmen...@molgen.mpg.de> wrote:
> Dear Jagadeesh,
>
>
> Thank you for your patch.
>
> Am 08.05.25 um 08:14 schrieb Jagadeesh Yalapalli:
> > From: Jagadeesh <jagadeesh.yalapa...@einfochips.com>
>
> Is this your full name, or should *Jagadeesh Yalapalli* be used?
>
> git config --global user.name "Jagadeesh Yalapalli"
>
> >
> > Replace direct schedule_work() usage with queue_delayed_work() to
> allow
> > better timing control for the watchdog task. This resolves potential
> > race conditions during interface reset operations.
>
> What error do you get (without your patch)?
>
> > - Added watchdog_wq workqueue_struct and watchdog_dq delayed_work
> > - Updated e1000_watchdog() to use queue_delayed_work()
> > - Removed obsolete TODO comment about delayed workqueue
> >
> > Tested in Qemu :
> > / # for i in {1..1000}; do
> > > echo 1 > /sys/class/net/eth0/device/reset
> > > sleep 0.1
> > > done
> > [ 726.357499] e1000e 0000:00:02.0: resetting
> > [ 726.390737] e1000e 0000:00:02.0: reset done
>
> Please do not copy the output of git show, but send the patch with `git
> format-patch` and `git send-email`.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Jagadeesh <jagadeesh.yalapa...@einfochips.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h | 2 ++
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 3 +--
> > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
> > index ba9c19e6994c..1e7b365c4f31 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
> > @@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ struct e1000_adapter {
> > struct timer_list blink_timer;
> >
> > struct work_struct reset_task;
> > + struct workqueue_struct *watchdog_wq;
> > + struct delayed_work watchdog_dq;
> > struct work_struct watchdog_task;
> >
> > const struct e1000_info *ei;
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
> > index 8ebcb6a7d608..87a915d09f4e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
> > @@ -5178,9 +5178,8 @@ static void e1000_watchdog(struct timer_list *t)
> > struct e1000_adapter *adapter = from_timer(adapter, t,
> watchdog_timer);
> >
> > /* Do the rest outside of interrupt context */
> > - schedule_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
> > + queue_delayed_work(adapter->watchdog_wq, &adapter->watchdog_dq, 0);
> >
> > - /* TODO: make this use queue_delayed_work() */
> > }
> >
> > static void e1000_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Paul
>
