On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:42:07 -0800
Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> But I wouldn't want to think about an implementation as long as we have
> that WORK_STRUCT_NOAUTOREL horror in there.  Can we just nuke that?  Only
> three drivers need it and I bet they can be modified to use the usual
> mechanisms.

I guess I don't understand exactly what problem the noautorel stuff is
trying to solve.  It _seems_ to me that in all cases we can simply stuff
the old `data' field in alongside the controlling work_struct or
delayed_work which wants to operate on it.

Bridge is the simple case..

diff -puN net/bridge/br_private.h~bridge-avoid-using-noautorel-workqueues 
net/bridge/br_private.h
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h~bridge-avoid-using-noautorel-workqueues
+++ a/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct net_bridge_port
        struct timer_list               message_age_timer;
        struct kobject                  kobj;
        struct delayed_work             carrier_check;
+       struct net_device               *carrier_check_dev;
        struct rcu_head                 rcu;
 };
 
diff -puN net/bridge/br_if.c~bridge-avoid-using-noautorel-workqueues 
net/bridge/br_if.c
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c~bridge-avoid-using-noautorel-workqueues
+++ a/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -83,14 +83,11 @@ static void port_carrier_check(struct wo
        struct net_device *dev;
        struct net_bridge *br;
 
-       dev = container_of(work, struct net_bridge_port,
-                          carrier_check.work)->dev;
-       work_release(work);
-
+       p = container_of(work, struct net_bridge_port, carrier_check.work);
+       dev = p->carrier_check_dev;
        rtnl_lock();
-       p = dev->br_port;
-       if (!p)
-               goto done;
+       if (!dev->br_port)
+               goto done;      /* Can this happen? */
        br = p->br;
 
        if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
@@ -280,7 +277,8 @@ static struct net_bridge_port *new_nbp(s
        p->port_no = index;
        br_init_port(p);
        p->state = BR_STATE_DISABLED;
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK_NAR(&p->carrier_check, port_carrier_check);
+       p->carrier_check_dev = dev;
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&p->carrier_check, port_carrier_check);
        br_stp_port_timer_init(p);
 
        kobject_init(&p->kobj);
_


What am I missing?
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