powerpc/tau: Convert from timer to workqueue
Since commit 19dbdcb8 ("smp: Warn on function calls from softirq context") the Thermal Assist Unit driver causes a warning like the following when CONFIG_SMP is enabled. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/smp.c:428 smp_call_function_many_cond+0xf4/0x38c Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.7.0-pmac #3 NIP: c00b37a8 LR: c00b3abc CTR: c001218c REGS: c0799c60 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (5.7.0-pmac) MSR: 00029032 <EE,ME,IR,DR,RI> CR: 42000224 XER: 00000000 GPR00: c00b3abc c0799d18 c076e300 c079ef5c c0011fec 00000000 00000000 00000000 GPR08: 00000100 00000100 00008000 ffffffff 42000224 00000000 c079d040 c079d044 GPR16: 00000001 00000000 00000004 c0799da0 c079f054 c07a0000 c07a0000 00000000 GPR24: c0011fec 00000000 c079ef5c c079ef5c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 NIP [c00b37a8] smp_call_function_many_cond+0xf4/0x38c LR [c00b3abc] on_each_cpu+0x38/0x68 Call Trace: [c0799d18] [ffffffff] 0xffffffff (unreliable) [c0799d68] [c00b3abc] on_each_cpu+0x38/0x68 [c0799d88] [c0096704] call_timer_fn.isra.26+0x20/0x7c [c0799d98] [c0096b40] run_timer_softirq+0x1d4/0x3fc [c0799df8] [c05b4368] __do_softirq+0x118/0x240 [c0799e58] [c0039c44] irq_exit+0xc4/0xcc [c0799e68] [c000ade8] timer_interrupt+0x1b0/0x230 [c0799ea8] [c0013520] ret_from_except+0x0/0x14 --- interrupt: 901 at arch_cpu_idle+0x24/0x6c LR = arch_cpu_idle+0x24/0x6c [c0799f70] [00000001] 0x1 (unreliable) [c0799f80] [c0060990] do_idle+0xd8/0x17c [c0799fa0] [c0060ba8] cpu_startup_entry+0x24/0x28 [c0799fb0] [c072d220] start_kernel+0x434/0x44c [c0799ff0] [00003860] 0x3860 Instruction dump: 8129f204 2f890000 40beff98 3d20c07a 8929eec4 2f890000 40beff88 0fe00000 81220000 552805de 550802ef 4182ff84 <0fe00000> 3860ffff 7f65db78 7f44d378 ---[ end trace 34a886e47819c2eb ]--- Don't call on_each_cpu() from a timer callback, call it from a worker thread instead. Fixes: 1da177e4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/bb61650bea4f4c91fb8e24b9a6f130a1438651a7.1599260540.git.fthain@telegraphics.com.au
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