Re: [PATCH 15/15] workqueue: deprecate __cancel_delayed_work()

[Tejun Heo]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 04:05:39PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> > Use cancel_delayed_work() instead of __cancel_delayed_work() and mark
> > the latter deprecated.
> 
> I used __cancel_delayed_work() in drivers/video/omap2/dss/dsi.c as the
> cancel is done in an interrupt handler. Is it safe to use
> cancel_delayed_work() in atomic context? I presume not, as it uses
> del_timer_sync().

Ah, you're right.  __cancel_delayed_work() invoked from irq context
can't be converted to cancel_delayed_work() or mod_delayed_work().
I'll skip those from the previous patch and drop this patch.  I really
hope this could be solved somehow tho.  :(

Thank you.

-- 
tejun
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