Re: [PATCH, RFC] Stop using tasklet in ds1374 RTC driver

["Mark A. Greer" <mgreer@mvista.com>]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 01:42:51PM -0700, Randy Vinson wrote:
> Jean Delvare wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have the following patch, which addresses a might-sleep-in-tasklet
> >issue in the ds1374 driver. I'm not too sure if the new code is right
> >or not, as I have never been using workqueues before, and I also don't
> >have a DS1374 chip to test my changes on.
> >
> >Can anyone comment on the patch and tell me if anything is wrong?
> >
> >Can anyone with a DS1374 chip please test it?
> 
> I've attached a similar patch that has been tested using the DS1374 on the 
> Freescale MPC8349MDS reference system. It is patterned after a similar 
> change made to the m41t00 driver. The changes work, but I am also 
> unfamiliar with workqueues, so my patch may not be any better.

I'm no expert in workqueues either; however, after reading
http://lwn.net/Articles/23634/, I believe that its unnecessary for an
rtc driver to have its own workqueue since rtc writes aren't particularly
time-critical.  If I am correct, then Randy's patch uses the proper wq calls.  

Agree?

Mark
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