ALSA: sh: aica: Remove deprecated create_workqueue

System workqueues have been able to handle high level of concurrency for a long time now and there's no reason to use dedicated workqueues just to gain concurrency. Since aica_queue for AICA sound driver has workitem dreamcastcard->spu_dma_work (maps to run_spu_dma) which is involved in aica dma transfers and is not being used on a memory reclaim path, dedicated aica_queue has been replaced with the use of system_wq.

Unlike a dedicated per-cpu workqueue created with create_workqueue(), system_wq allows multiple work items to overlap executions even on the same CPU; however, a per-cpu workqueue doesn't have any CPU locality or global ordering guarantees unless the target CPU is explicitly specified and thus the increase of local concurrency shouldn't make any difference.

Since the work items could be pending, flush_work() has been used in snd_aicapcm_pcm_close() to ensure that there is no pending task while disconnecting the driver.

Signed-off-by Bhaktipriya Shridhar <[email protected]>

---
 sound/sh/aica.c | 16 +++-------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

sound/sh/aica.c +3 -14

index ad3d9ae..fbbc252 100644
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(id, "ID string for " CARD_NAME " soundcard.");
 module_param(enable, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "Enable " CARD_NAME " soundcard.");
 
-/* Use workqueue */
-static struct workqueue_struct *aica_queue;
-
 /* Simple platform device */
 static struct platform_device *pd;
 static struct resource aica_memory_space[2] = {

@@ -327,7 +324,7 @@ static void aica_period_elapsed(unsigned long timer_var)
 		dreamcastcard->current_period = play_period;
 	if (unlikely(dreamcastcard->dma_check == 0))
 		dreamcastcard->dma_check = 1;
-	queue_work(aica_queue, &(dreamcastcard->spu_dma_work));
+	schedule_work(&(dreamcastcard->spu_dma_work));
 }
 
 static void spu_begin_dma(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)

@@ -337,7 +334,7 @@ static void spu_begin_dma(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	runtime = substream->runtime;
 	dreamcastcard = substream->pcm->private_data;
 	/*get the queue to do the work */
-	queue_work(aica_queue, &(dreamcastcard->spu_dma_work));
+	schedule_work(&(dreamcastcard->spu_dma_work));
 	/* Timer may already be running */
 	if (unlikely(dreamcastcard->timer.data)) {
 		mod_timer(&dreamcastcard->timer, jiffies + 4);

@@ -381,7 +378,7 @@ static int snd_aicapcm_pcm_close(struct snd_pcm_substream
 				 *substream)
 {
 	struct snd_card_aica *dreamcastcard = substream->pcm->private_data;
-	flush_workqueue(aica_queue);
+	flush_work(&(dreamcastcard->spu_dma_work));
 	if (dreamcastcard->timer.data)
 		del_timer(&dreamcastcard->timer);
 	kfree(dreamcastcard->channel);

@@ -633,9 +630,6 @@ static int snd_aica_probe(struct platform_device *devptr)
 	if (unlikely(err < 0))
 		goto freedreamcast;
 	platform_set_drvdata(devptr, dreamcastcard);
-	aica_queue = create_workqueue(CARD_NAME);
-	if (unlikely(!aica_queue))
-		goto freedreamcast;
 	snd_printk
 	    ("ALSA Driver for Yamaha AICA Super Intelligent Sound Processor\n");
 	return 0;

@@ -671,10 +665,6 @@ static int __init aica_init(void)
 
 static void __exit aica_exit(void)
 {
-	/* Destroy the aica kernel thread            *
-	 * being extra cautious to check if it exists*/
-	if (likely(aica_queue))
-		destroy_workqueue(aica_queue);
 	platform_device_unregister(pd);
 	platform_driver_unregister(&snd_aica_driver);
 	/* Kill any sound still playing and reset ARM7 to safe state */
--

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