15 files changed, 140 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/aio.h b/include/linux/aio.h
index 0d71c0041f13..9e350fd44d77 100644
--- a/include/linux/aio.h
+++ b/include/linux/aio.h
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ struct kioctx {
 
 	struct aio_ring_info	ring_info;
 
-	struct work_struct	wq;
+	struct delayed_work	wq;
 };
 
 /* prototypes */
diff --git a/include/linux/connector.h b/include/linux/connector.h
index 4c02119c6ab9..3ea1cd58de97 100644
--- a/include/linux/connector.h
+++ b/include/linux/connector.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ struct cn_callback_data {
 struct cn_callback_entry {
 	struct list_head callback_entry;
 	struct cn_callback *cb;
-	struct work_struct work;
+	struct delayed_work work;
 	struct cn_queue_dev *pdev;
 
 	struct cn_callback_id id;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void cn_queue_free_dev(struct cn_queue_dev *dev);
 
 int cn_cb_equal(struct cb_id *, struct cb_id *);
 
-void cn_queue_wrapper(void *data);
+void cn_queue_wrapper(struct work_struct *work);
 
 extern int cn_already_initialized;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/i2o.h b/include/linux/i2o.h
index c115e9e840b4..1fb02e17f6f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2o.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2o.h
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ struct i2o_driver {
 	int (*reply) (struct i2o_controller *, u32, struct i2o_message *);
 
 	/* Event handler */
-	void (*event) (struct i2o_event *);
+	work_func_t event;
 
 	struct workqueue_struct *event_queue;	/* Event queue */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kbd_kern.h b/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
index efe0ee4cc80b..06c58c423fe1 100644
--- a/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/kbd_kern.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static inline void con_schedule_flip(struct tty_struct *t)
 	if (t->buf.tail != NULL)
 		t->buf.tail->commit = t->buf.tail->used;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->buf.lock, flags);
-	schedule_work(&t->buf.work);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&t->buf.work, 0);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 202283b5df96..ab2754830322 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -575,8 +575,9 @@ struct ata_port {
 	struct ata_host		*host;
 	struct device 		*dev;
 
-	struct work_struct	port_task;
-	struct work_struct	hotplug_task;
+	void			*port_task_data;
+	struct delayed_work	port_task;
+	struct delayed_work	hotplug_task;
 	struct work_struct	scsi_rescan_task;
 
 	unsigned int		hsm_task_state;
@@ -755,7 +756,7 @@ extern void ata_host_resume(struct ata_host *host);
 extern int ata_ratelimit(void);
 extern int ata_busy_sleep(struct ata_port *ap,
 			  unsigned long timeout_pat, unsigned long timeout);
-extern void ata_port_queue_task(struct ata_port *ap, void (*fn)(void *),
+extern void ata_port_queue_task(struct ata_port *ap, work_func_t fn,
 				void *data, unsigned long delay);
 extern u32 ata_wait_register(void __iomem *reg, u32 mask, u32 val,
 			     unsigned long interval_msec,
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
index 528e7d3fecb1..c15ae1986b98 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct mmc_host {
 	struct mmc_card		*card_busy;	/* the MMC card claiming host */
 	struct mmc_card		*card_selected;	/* the selected MMC card */
 
-	struct work_struct	detect;
+	struct delayed_work	detect;
 
 	unsigned long		private[0] ____cacheline_aligned;
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs_sb.h
index b089d9506283..a503052138bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/ncp_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs_sb.h
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ struct ncp_server {
 	} unexpected_packet;
 };
 
-extern void ncp_tcp_rcv_proc(void *server);
-extern void ncp_tcp_tx_proc(void *server);
-extern void ncpdgram_rcv_proc(void *server);
-extern void ncpdgram_timeout_proc(void *server);
+extern void ncp_tcp_rcv_proc(struct work_struct *work);
+extern void ncp_tcp_tx_proc(struct work_struct *work);
+extern void ncpdgram_rcv_proc(struct work_struct *work);
+extern void ncpdgram_timeout_proc(struct work_struct *work);
 extern void ncpdgram_timeout_call(unsigned long server);
 extern void ncp_tcp_data_ready(struct sock* sk, int len);
 extern void ncp_tcp_write_space(struct sock* sk);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
index 7ccfc7ef0a83..95796e6924f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct nfs_client {
 
 	unsigned long		cl_lease_time;
 	unsigned long		cl_last_renewal;
-	struct work_struct	cl_renewd;
+	struct delayed_work	cl_renewd;
 
 	struct rpc_wait_queue	cl_rpcwaitq;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
index 62a7169aed8b..3a28742d86f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ struct reiserfs_journal {
 	int j_errno;
 
 	/* when flushing ordered buffers, throttle new ordered writers */
-	struct work_struct j_work;
+	struct delayed_work j_work;
+	struct super_block *j_work_sb;
 	atomic_t j_async_throttle;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/relay.h b/include/linux/relay.h
index 24accb483849..0e3d91b76996 100644
--- a/include/linux/relay.h
+++ b/include/linux/relay.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct rchan_buf
 	size_t subbufs_consumed;	/* count of sub-buffers consumed */
 	struct rchan *chan;		/* associated channel */
 	wait_queue_head_t read_wait;	/* reader wait queue */
-	struct work_struct wake_readers; /* reader wake-up work struct */
+	struct delayed_work wake_readers; /* reader wake-up work struct */
 	struct dentry *dentry;		/* channel file dentry */
 	struct kref kref;		/* channel buffer refcount */
 	struct page **page_array;	/* array of current buffer pages */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
index a2eb9b4a9de3..4a68125b6de6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct rpc_inode {
 #define RPC_PIPE_WAIT_FOR_OPEN	1
 	int flags;
 	struct rpc_pipe_ops *ops;
-	struct work_struct queue_timeout;
+	struct delayed_work queue_timeout;
 };
 
 static inline struct rpc_inode *
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
index 60394fbc4c70..3e04c1512fc4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xprt.h
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ struct rpc_xprt {
 	unsigned long		connect_timeout,
 				bind_timeout,
 				reestablish_timeout;
-	struct work_struct	connect_worker;
+	struct delayed_work	connect_worker;
 	unsigned short		port;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 65321f911c1e..f717f0898238 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct tty_buffer {
 };
 
 struct tty_bufhead {
-	struct work_struct		work;
+	struct delayed_work work;
 	struct semaphore pty_sem;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct tty_buffer *head;	/* Queue head */
diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
index 0cd73edeef13..aab5b1b72021 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ struct usb_device {
 
 	int pm_usage_cnt;		/* usage counter for autosuspend */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
-	struct work_struct autosuspend;	/* for delayed autosuspends */
+	struct delayed_work autosuspend; /* for delayed autosuspends */
 	struct mutex pm_mutex;		/* protects PM operations */
 
 	unsigned auto_pm:1;		/* autosuspend/resume in progress */
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 9bca3539a1e5..4a3ea83c6d16 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -11,12 +11,23 @@
 
 struct workqueue_struct;
 
+struct work_struct;
+typedef void (*work_func_t)(struct work_struct *work);
+
 struct work_struct {
-	unsigned long pending;
+	/* the first word is the work queue pointer and the flags rolled into
+	 * one */
+	unsigned long management;
+#define WORK_STRUCT_PENDING 0		/* T if work item pending execution */
+#define WORK_STRUCT_NOAUTOREL 1		/* F if work item automatically released on exec */
+#define WORK_STRUCT_FLAG_MASK (3UL)
+#define WORK_STRUCT_WQ_DATA_MASK (~WORK_STRUCT_FLAG_MASK)
 	struct list_head entry;
-	void (*func)(void *);
-	void *data;
-	void *wq_data;
+	work_func_t func;
+};
+
+struct delayed_work {
+	struct work_struct work;
 	struct timer_list timer;
 };
 
@@ -24,36 +35,117 @@ struct execute_work {
 	struct work_struct work;
 };
 
-#define __WORK_INITIALIZER(n, f, d) {				\
+#define __WORK_INITIALIZER(n, f) {				\
+	.management = 0,					\
+        .entry	= { &(n).entry, &(n).entry },			\
+	.func = (f),						\
+	}
+
+#define __WORK_INITIALIZER_NAR(n, f) {				\
+	.management = (1 << WORK_STRUCT_NOAUTOREL),		\
         .entry	= { &(n).entry, &(n).entry },			\
 	.func = (f),						\
-	.data = (d),						\
+	}
+
+#define __DELAYED_WORK_INITIALIZER(n, f) {			\
+	.work = __WORK_INITIALIZER((n).work, (f)),		\
+	.timer = TIMER_INITIALIZER(NULL, 0, 0),			\
+	}
+
+#define __DELAYED_WORK_INITIALIZER_NAR(n, f) {			\
+	.work = __WORK_INITIALIZER_NAR((n).work, (f)),		\
 	.timer = TIMER_INITIALIZER(NULL, 0, 0),			\
 	}
 
-#define DECLARE_WORK(n, f, d)					\
-	struct work_struct n = __WORK_INITIALIZER(n, f, d)
+#define DECLARE_WORK(n, f)					\
+	struct work_struct n = __WORK_INITIALIZER(n, f)
+
+#define DECLARE_WORK_NAR(n, f)					\
+	struct work_struct n = __WORK_INITIALIZER_NAR(n, f)
+
+#define DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(n, f)				\
+	struct delayed_work n = __DELAYED_WORK_INITIALIZER(n, f)
+
+#define DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK_NAR(n, f)			\
+	struct dwork_struct n = __DELAYED_WORK_INITIALIZER_NAR(n, f)
 
 /*
- * initialize a work-struct's func and data pointers:
+ * initialize a work item's function pointer
  */
-#define PREPARE_WORK(_work, _func, _data)			\
+#define PREPARE_WORK(_work, _func)				\
 	do {							\
-		(_work)->func = _func;				\
-		(_work)->data = _data;				\
+		(_work)->func = (_func);			\
 	} while (0)
 
+#define PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(_work, _func)			\
+	PREPARE_WORK(&(_work)->work, (_func))
+
 /*
- * initialize all of a work-struct:
+ * initialize all of a work item in one go
  */
-#define INIT_WORK(_work, _func, _data)				\
+#define INIT_WORK(_work, _func)					\
 	do {							\
+		(_work)->management = 0;			\
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(_work)->entry);		\
-		(_work)->pending = 0;				\
-		PREPARE_WORK((_work), (_func), (_data));	\
+		PREPARE_WORK((_work), (_func));			\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define INIT_WORK_NAR(_work, _func)					\
+	do {								\
+		(_work)->management = (1 << WORK_STRUCT_NOAUTOREL);	\
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(_work)->entry);			\
+		PREPARE_WORK((_work), (_func));				\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define INIT_DELAYED_WORK(_work, _func)				\
+	do {							\
+		INIT_WORK(&(_work)->work, (_func));		\
+		init_timer(&(_work)->timer);			\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define INIT_DELAYED_WORK_NAR(_work, _func)			\
+	do {							\
+		INIT_WORK_NAR(&(_work)->work, (_func));		\
 		init_timer(&(_work)->timer);			\
 	} while (0)
 
+/**
+ * work_pending - Find out whether a work item is currently pending
+ * @work: The work item in question
+ */
+#define work_pending(work) \
+	test_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING, &(work)->management)
+
+/**
+ * delayed_work_pending - Find out whether a delayable work item is currently
+ * pending
+ * @work: The work item in question
+ */
+#define delayed_work_pending(work) \
+	test_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING, &(work)->work.management)
+
+/**
+ * work_release - Release a work item under execution
+ * @work: The work item to release
+ *
+ * This is used to release a work item that has been initialised with automatic
+ * release mode disabled (WORK_STRUCT_NOAUTOREL is set).  This gives the work
+ * function the opportunity to grab auxiliary data from the container of the
+ * work_struct before clearing the pending bit as the work_struct may be
+ * subject to deallocation the moment the pending bit is cleared.
+ *
+ * In such a case, this should be called in the work function after it has
+ * fetched any data it may require from the containter of the work_struct.
+ * After this function has been called, the work_struct may be scheduled for
+ * further execution or it may be deallocated unless other precautions are
+ * taken.
+ *
+ * This should also be used to release a delayed work item.
+ */
+#define work_release(work) \
+	clear_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING, &(work)->management)
+
+
 extern struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqueue(const char *name,
 						    int singlethread);
 #define create_workqueue(name) __create_workqueue((name), 0)
@@ -62,39 +154,38 @@ extern struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqueue(const char *name,
 extern void destroy_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq);
 
 extern int FASTCALL(queue_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, struct work_struct *work));
-extern int FASTCALL(queue_delayed_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, struct work_struct *work, unsigned long delay));
+extern int FASTCALL(queue_delayed_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay));
 extern int queue_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
-	struct work_struct *work, unsigned long delay);
+	struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay);
 extern void FASTCALL(flush_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq));
 
 extern int FASTCALL(schedule_work(struct work_struct *work));
-extern int FASTCALL(schedule_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work, unsigned long delay));
+extern int FASTCALL(schedule_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay));
 
-extern int schedule_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct work_struct *work, unsigned long delay);
-extern int schedule_on_each_cpu(void (*func)(void *info), void *info);
+extern int schedule_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay);
+extern int schedule_on_each_cpu(work_func_t func);
 extern void flush_scheduled_work(void);
 extern int current_is_keventd(void);
 extern int keventd_up(void);
 
 extern void init_workqueues(void);
-void cancel_rearming_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work);
+void cancel_rearming_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *work);
 void cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *,
-				       struct work_struct *);
-int execute_in_process_context(void (*fn)(void *), void *,
-			       struct execute_work *);
+				       struct delayed_work *);
+int execute_in_process_context(work_func_t fn, struct execute_work *);
 
 /*
  * Kill off a pending schedule_delayed_work().  Note that the work callback
  * function may still be running on return from cancel_delayed_work().  Run
  * flush_scheduled_work() to wait on it.
  */
-static inline int cancel_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work)
+static inline int cancel_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *work)
 {
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = del_timer_sync(&work->timer);
 	if (ret)
-		clear_bit(0, &work->pending);
+		clear_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING, &work->work.management);
 	return ret;
 }