[PATCH v3] mmc: Convert from tasklet to BH workqueue

[Allen]

> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 03:52:07PM GMT, Allen Pais wrote:
> > The only generic interface to execute asynchronously in the BH context is
> > tasklet; however, it's marked deprecated and has some design flaws. To
> > replace tasklets, BH workqueue support was recently added. A BH workqueue
> > behaves similarly to regular workqueues except that the queued work items
> > are executed in the BH context.
> >
> > This patch converts drivers/mmc/* from tasklet to BH workqueue.
> >
> > Based on the work done by Tejun Heo <tj at kernel.org>
>
> Has this been fully build-tested?
>
> ===
> drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac.c: In function ‘renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac_complete_work_fn’:
> ./include/linux/container_of.h:20:54: error: ‘struct tmio_mmc_host’ has no member named ‘dma_complete’
> ===

 Yes, it does break. My bad, my local compile testing failed to catch this.

>
> In deed, 'dma_complete' is only in 'struct renesas_sdhi_dma'. From
> there, we can get to the parent 'struct renesas_sdhi' using
> container_of. But then, I don't see a way to go to 'struct
> tmio_mmc_host' from there. The other way around is possible because
> there is the pointer 'struct tmio_mmc_data *pdata' in the TMIO struct
> pointing to the data contained in 'struct renesas_sdhi'. 'host_to_priv()'
> does the math. But I don't see a path the other way around.
>

 I have been looking at this code since the issue was reported. Yes it
is a bit tricky and so far, the only way I found was to introduce a new pointer.
But, I am not very familiar with the code and have asked Ulf for pointers.

If introducing the pointer is the only way forward and is an
acceptable solution,
I can send out a draft.

Thanks,
Allen

> So, it doesn't look like the workqueue interface can provide a
> generic pointer like tasklets could do? This means we have to add a
> pointer from 'struct renesas_sdhi' to 'struct tmio_mmc_host'?
>
> All the best,
>
>    Wolfram
>


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       - Allen