fm10k: use separate workqueue for fm10k driver

Since we run the watchdog periodically, which might take a while and
potentially monopolize the system default workqueue, create our own
separate work queue. This also helps reduce and stabilize latency
between scheduling the work in our interrupt and actually performing
the work. Still use a timer for the regular scheduled interval but
queue the work onto its own work queue.

It seemed overkill to create a single workqueue per interface, so we
just spawn a single work queue for all interfaces upon driver load. For
this reason, use a multi-threaded workqueue with one thread per
processor, rather than single threaded queue.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Acked-by: Matthew Vick <matthew.vick@intel.com>
Tested-by: Krishneil Singh <krishneil.k.singh@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
index 5022a4561e1e..1e088328aae7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel(R) Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
 
+/* single workqueue for entire fm10k driver */
+struct workqueue_struct *fm10k_workqueue = NULL;
+
 /**
  * fm10k_init_module - Driver Registration Routine
  *
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ static int __init fm10k_init_module(void)
 	pr_info("%s - version %s\n", fm10k_driver_string, fm10k_driver_version);
 	pr_info("%s\n", fm10k_copyright);
 
+	/* create driver workqueue */
+	if (!fm10k_workqueue)
+		fm10k_workqueue = create_workqueue("fm10k");
+
 	fm10k_dbg_init();
 
 	return fm10k_register_pci_driver();
@@ -69,6 +76,11 @@ static void __exit fm10k_exit_module(void)
 	fm10k_unregister_pci_driver();
 
 	fm10k_dbg_exit();
+
+	/* destroy driver workqueue */
+	flush_workqueue(fm10k_workqueue);
+	destroy_workqueue(fm10k_workqueue);
+	fm10k_workqueue = NULL;
 }
 module_exit(fm10k_exit_module);