linux/include
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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acpi [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
asm-alpha [PATCH] Pass struct dev pointer to dma_cache_sync() 2006-12-07 08:39:41 -08:00
asm-arm [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-arm26 [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-avr32 [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-cris [PATCH] include/asm-cris/: "extern inline" -> "static inline" 2006-12-07 08:39:45 -08:00
asm-frv [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-generic Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
asm-h8300 [PATCH] include/asm-h8300/: "extern inline" -> "static inline" 2006-12-07 08:39:45 -08:00
asm-i386 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
asm-ia64 [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-m32r [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-m68k [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-m68knommu [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-mips [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-parisc [PATCH] Pass struct dev pointer to dma_cache_sync() 2006-12-07 08:39:41 -08:00
asm-powerpc [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-ppc [PATCH] mm: pagefault_{disable,enable}() 2006-12-07 08:39:21 -08:00
asm-s390 [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-sh [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-sh64 [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-sparc [PATCH] remove kernel syscalls 2006-12-07 08:39:37 -08:00
asm-sparc64 [PATCH] Pass struct dev pointer to dma_cache_sync() 2006-12-07 08:39:41 -08:00
asm-um [PATCH] Pass struct dev pointer to dma_cache_sync() 2006-12-07 08:39:41 -08:00
asm-v850 [PATCH] remove kernel syscalls 2006-12-07 08:39:37 -08:00
asm-x86_64 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
asm-xtensa [PATCH] Pass struct dev pointer to dma_cache_sync() 2006-12-07 08:39:41 -08:00
crypto [CRYPTO] lib: table driven multiplications in GF(2^128) 2006-12-06 18:38:55 -08:00
keys
linux Add "run_scheduled_work()" workqueue function 2006-12-07 09:28:19 -08:00
math-emu
media V4L/DVB (4666): Ensure the WM8775 driver is loaded generically for any board. 2006-10-03 15:13:48 -03:00
mtd Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-10-01 17:55:53 +01:00
net Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2006-12-07 09:05:15 -08:00
pcmcia [PATCH] pcmcia: multifunction card handling fixes 2006-12-04 20:09:15 -05:00
rdma IB/cm: Fix automatic path migration support 2006-11-29 15:33:10 -08:00
rxrpc
scsi [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
sound Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-12-05 17:01:28 +00:00
video fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
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