linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 68380b5813 Add "run_scheduled_work()" workqueue function
This allows workqueue users to run just their own pending work, rather
than wait for the whole workqueue to finish running.  This solves the
deadlock with networking libphy that was due to other workqueue entries
possibly needing a lock that was held by the routine that wanted to
flush its own work.

It's not wonderful: if you absolutely need to synchronize with the work
function having been executed, any user strictly speaking should have
its own completion tracking logic, since when we run things explicitly
by hand, the generic workqueue layer can no longer help us synchronize.

Also, this is strictly only usable for work that has been scheduled
without any delayed timers.  You can not mix the new interface with
schedule_delayed_work().

But it's better than what we had currently.

Acked-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07 09:28:19 -08:00
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irq [PATCH] lockdep: name some old style locks 2006-12-07 08:39:36 -08:00
power [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
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acct.c [PATCH] lockdep: name some old style locks 2006-12-07 08:39:36 -08:00
audit.c [PATCH] Add include/linux/freezer.h and move definitions from sched.h 2006-12-07 08:39:27 -08:00
audit.h
auditfilter.c [PATCH] kernel core: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc 2006-12-07 08:39:41 -08:00
auditsc.c audit: Add auditing to ipsec 2006-12-06 20:14:22 -08:00
capability.c
compat.c
configs.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
cpu.c [PATCH] suspend: don't change cpus_allowed for task initiating the suspend 2006-12-07 08:39:28 -08:00
cpuset.c [PATCH] cpuset: allow a larger buffer for writes to cpuset files 2006-12-07 08:39:48 -08:00
delayacct.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
dma.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c [PATCH] taskstats: cleanup do_exit() path 2006-12-07 08:39:34 -08:00
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fork.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
futex.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
futex_compat.c
hrtimer.c
itimer.c
kallsyms.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
Kconfig.hz [PATCH] HZ: 300Hz support 2006-12-07 08:39:36 -08:00
Kconfig.preempt
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kfifo.c
kmod.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-12-05 14:37:56 +00:00
kprobes.c [PATCH] kprobes: enable booster on the preemptible kernel 2006-12-07 08:39:38 -08:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data 2006-11-22 14:55:48 +00:00
latency.c [PATCH] severing module.h->sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:22 -05:00
lockdep.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
lockdep_internals.h [PATCH] lockdep: more chains 2006-12-07 08:39:43 -08:00
lockdep_proc.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
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module.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
mutex-debug.c [PATCH] lockdep: show more details about self-test failures 2006-12-07 08:39:43 -08:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c
mutex.h
nsproxy.c
panic.c
params.c
pid.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c
posix-timers.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
printk.c [PATCH] add ignore_loglevel boot option 2006-12-07 08:39:47 -08:00
profile.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
ptrace.c
rcupdate.c [PATCH] rcu: add a prefetch() in rcu_do_batch() 2006-12-07 08:39:40 -08:00
rcutorture.c [PATCH] Add Sparse annotations to SRCU wrapper functions in rcutorture 2006-12-07 08:39:44 -08:00
relay.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
resource.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c [PATCH] Add include/linux/freezer.h and move definitions from sched.h 2006-12-07 08:39:27 -08:00
rtmutex.c
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h
rwsem.c
sched.c [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constification 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
seccomp.c
signal.c [PATCH] make kernel/signal.c:kill_proc_info() static 2006-12-07 08:39:39 -08:00
softirq.c [PATCH] softirq: remove BUG_ONs which can incorrectly trigger 2006-12-07 08:39:43 -08:00
softlockup.c
spinlock.c [PATCH] lockdep: spin_lock_irqsave_nested() 2006-11-25 13:28:34 -08:00
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys.c [PATCH] sys: remove unused variable 2006-12-07 08:39:44 -08:00
sys_ni.c
sysctl.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
taskstats.c [PATCH] taskstats: cleanup reply assembling 2006-12-07 08:39:34 -08:00
time.c
timer.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c
unwind.c [PATCH] unwinder: move .eh_frame to RODATA 2006-12-07 02:14:19 +01:00
user.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
utsname.c
wait.c
workqueue.c Add "run_scheduled_work()" workqueue function 2006-12-07 09:28:19 -08:00