V4L/DVB: IR: replace workqueue with kthread
It is perfectly possible to have ir_raw_event_work
running concurently on two cpus, thus we must protect
it from that situation.
This stems from the fact that if hardware sends short packets of samples
we might end up queueing the work item more times that nessesary.
Such job isn't well suited for a workqueue, so use a kernel thread.
Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/ir-core-priv.h b/drivers/media/IR/ir-core-priv.h
index dc26e2b..84c7a9a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/IR/ir-core-priv.h
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/ir-core-priv.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
struct ir_raw_event_ctrl {
struct list_head list; /* to keep track of raw clients */
- struct work_struct rx_work; /* for the rx decoding workqueue */
+ struct task_struct *thread;
struct kfifo kfifo; /* fifo for the pulse/space durations */
ktime_t last_event; /* when last event occurred */
enum raw_event_type last_type; /* last event type */