Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/4] WorkStruct: Shrink work_struct by two thirds | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:32:06 -0500 |
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On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 14:27 +0000, David Howells wrote: > > The workqueue struct is huge, and this limits it's usefulness. On a 64-bit > architecture it's nearly 100 bytes in size, of which the timer_list is half. > These patches shrink work_struct by 8 of the 12 words it ordinarily consumes. > This is done by: > > (1) Splitting the timer out so that delayable work items are defined by a > separate structure which incorporates a basic work_struct and a timer.
Why not simply add a timer argument to 'queue_delayed_work()' and 'cancel_delayed_work()'? That may allow you to reuse an existing timer struct if you already have it embedded somewhere else.
Cheers Trond
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