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From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel•com>
To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail•com>
Cc: <davem@davemloft•net>, <kuba@kernel•org>, <pabeni@redhat•com>,
	<edumazet@google•com>,
	Anatolii Gerasymenko <anatolii.gerasymenko@intel•com>,
	<netdev@vger•kernel.org>, Gurucharan G <gurucharanx.g@intel•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/4] ice: Create a separate kthread to handle ptp extts work
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 09:07:08 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0706dfce-bb57-dc31-23ce-51165b931609@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y5EvYXK9V+BSU4pS@hoboy.vegasvil.org>

On 12/7/2022 4:27 PM, Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 01:10:37PM -0800, Tony Nguyen wrote:
>> From: Anatolii Gerasymenko <anatolii.gerasymenko@intel•com>
>>
>> ice_ptp_extts_work() and ice_ptp_periodic_work() are both scheduled on
>> the same kthread_worker pf.ptp.kworker. But, ice_ptp_periodic_work()
>> sends messages to AQ and waits for responses. This causes
>> ice_ptp_extts_work() to be blocked while waiting to be scheduled. This
>> causes problems with the reading of the incoming signal timestamps,
>> which disrupts a 100 Hz signal.
>>
>> Create an additional kthread_worker pf.ptp.kworker_extts to service only
>> ice_ptp_extts_work() as soon as possible.
> 
> Looks like this driver isn't using the do_aux_work callback.  That
> would provide a kthread worker for free.  Why not use that?

The author is no longer with Intel anymore; we have another developer 
who is looking into this. Will make the change or get back to you.

Thanks,
Tony

  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-09 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-07 21:10 [PATCH net 0/4][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2022-12-07 (ice) Tony Nguyen
2022-12-07 21:10 ` [PATCH net 1/4] ice: Create a separate kthread to handle ptp extts work Tony Nguyen
2022-12-07 22:19   ` Saeed Mahameed
2022-12-07 23:22     ` Jacob Keller
2022-12-08  0:27   ` Richard Cochran
2022-12-09 17:07     ` Tony Nguyen [this message]
2022-12-07 21:10 ` [PATCH net 2/4] ice: Correctly handle aux device when num channels change Tony Nguyen
2022-12-07 22:25   ` Saeed Mahameed
2022-12-09 17:21     ` Ertman, David M
2022-12-09 19:28       ` Saeed Mahameed
2022-12-09 19:32         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-12 17:03           ` Ertman, David M
2022-12-12 23:53             ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-16 19:08         ` [PATCH net 2/4] ice: git send-email --suppress-cc=all --to e1000-patches@eclists•intel.com Ertman, David M
2022-12-07 21:10 ` [PATCH net 3/4] ice: Fix deadlock on the rtnl_mutex Tony Nguyen
2022-12-07 21:10 ` [PATCH net 4/4] ice: Fix broken link in ice NAPI doc Tony Nguyen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-12-12 23:24 [PATCH net 1/4] ice: Create a separate kthread to handle ptp extts work Kolacinski, Karol
2022-12-13  2:43 ` Richard Cochran

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