Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/6] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Move long delayed work on system_dfl_long_wq

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Low priority / nit picks for your consideration:

- [Low] The stats_work conversion is only half done because the SR1
  driver variant was missed.
- [Low] The commit message is boilerplate copied from the delayed-work
  conversions and does not describe this diff.

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net: ti: icssg-prueth: Move long delayed work on system_dfl_long_wq

This patch changes the first queueing of emac->stats_work in
emac_ndo_open() from the per-CPU system_long_wq to the unbound
system_dfl_long_wq. The goal is to let the scheduler place the work.

Currently the code enqueue work items using {queue|mod}_delayed_work(),
using system_long_wq. This workqueue should be used when long works are
expected and it is a per-cpu workqueue.

The function(s) end up calling __queue_delayed_work(), which set a global
timer that could fire anywhere, enqueuing the work where the timer fired.

[Severity: Low]
Does this description match the diff?

The only line changed is in emac_ndo_open() in icssg_prueth.c, and it
uses queue_work(), not {queue|mod}_delayed_work():

    queue_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &emac->stats_work.work);

queue_work() is queue_work_on(WORK_CPU_UNBOUND, wq, work). It queues the
embedded work_struct right away. It arms no timer and does not go through
__queue_delayed_work().

The delayed re-arm that the message describes lives in
icssg_stats_work_handler() in icssg_stats.c. The companion patch
"net: ti: icssg-stats: Move long delayed work on system_dfl_long_wq"
converts that one.

Could the message describe the immediate first kick of stats_work instead,
and mention the companion patch?

[Severity: Low]
Should the SR1 variant of this driver get the same change?

emac_ndo_open() in drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth_sr1.c still
does this:

    queue_work(system_long_wq, &emac->stats_work.work);

Both drivers set up stats_work with the same shared handler:

    INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&emac->stats_work, icssg_stats_work_handler);

After the companion icssg-stats patch, icssg_stats_work_handler() re-arms
itself on the unbound workqueue:

    queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &emac->stats_work,
                       msecs_to_jiffies((STATS_TIME_LIMIT_1G_MS * 1000) / emac->speed));

So on SR1 hardware, the first run after ndo_open goes to the per-CPU
system_long_wq. Every later run goes to system_dfl_long_wq.

The commit message reasoning ("the workqueue work doesn't rely on per-cpu
variables") applies to the SR1 call site too. Nothing else in the series
seems to convert it.

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