Use cgsem structures instead of the flaky pings in the work queue to start mining threads and remove the unused thr_info_freeze function.

cgminer.c

@@ -292,8 +292,6 @@ static int include_count;
 	static int forkpid;
 #endif // defined(unix)
 
-bool ping = true;
-
 struct sigaction termhandler, inthandler;
 
 struct thread_q *getq;
@@ -5707,11 +5705,9 @@ static void mt_disable(struct thr_info *mythr, const int thr_id,
 {
 	applog(LOG_WARNING, "Thread %d being disabled", thr_id);
 	mythr->rolling = mythr->cgpu->rolling = 0;
-	applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Popping wakeup ping in miner thread");
+	applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Waiting on sem in miner thread");
 	thread_reportout(mythr);
-	do {
-		tq_pop(mythr->q, NULL); /* Ignore ping that's popped */
-	} while (mythr->pause);
+	cgsem_wait(&mythr->sem);
 	thread_reportin(mythr);
 	applog(LOG_WARNING, "Thread %d being re-enabled", thr_id);
 	drv->thread_enable(mythr);
@@ -6072,8 +6068,8 @@ void *miner_thread(void *userdata)
 	}
 
 	thread_reportout(mythr);
-	applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Popping ping in miner thread");
-	tq_pop(mythr->q, NULL); /* Wait for a ping to start */
+	applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Waiting on sem in miner thread");
+	cgsem_wait(&mythr->sem);
 
 	drv->hash_work(mythr);
 out:
@@ -6081,7 +6077,6 @@ out:
 
 	thread_reportin(mythr);
 	applog(LOG_ERR, "Thread %d failure, exiting", thr_id);
-	tq_freeze(mythr->q);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -6499,7 +6494,8 @@ static void *watchdog_thread(void __maybe_unused *userdata)
 				if (thr->cgpu->deven == DEV_DISABLED)
 					continue;
 				thr->pause = false;
-				tq_push(thr->q, &ping);
+				applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Pushing sem post to thread %d", thr->id);
+				cgsem_post(&thr->sem);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -7181,15 +7177,11 @@ static void hotplug_process()
 			thr->cgpu = cgpu;
 			thr->device_thread = j;
 
-			thr->q = tq_new();
-			if (!thr->q)
-				quit(1, "tq_new hotplug failed in starting %s%d mining thread (#%d)", cgpu->drv->name, cgpu->device_id, total_devices);
-
 			/* Enable threads for devices set not to mine but disable
 			 * their queue in case we wish to enable them later */
 			if (cgpu->deven != DEV_DISABLED) {
-				applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Pushing hotplug ping to thread %d", thr->id);
-				tq_push(thr->q, &ping);
+				applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Pushing sem post to thread %d", thr->id);
+				cgsem_post(&thr->sem);
 			}
 
 			if (cgpu->drv->thread_prepare && !cgpu->drv->thread_prepare(thr))
@@ -7676,16 +7668,11 @@ begin_bench:
 			thr->cgpu = cgpu;
 			thr->device_thread = j;
 
-			thr->q = tq_new();
-			if (!thr->q)
-				quit(1, "tq_new failed in starting %s%d mining thread (#%d)", cgpu->drv->name, cgpu->device_id, i);
-
 			/* Enable threads for devices set not to mine but disable
 			 * their queue in case we wish to enable them later */
 			if (cgpu->deven != DEV_DISABLED) {
-				applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Pushing ping to thread %d", thr->id);
-
-				tq_push(thr->q, &ping);
+				applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Pushing sem post to thread %d", thr->id);
+				cgsem_post(&thr->sem);
 			}
 
 			if (!cgpu->drv->thread_prepare(thr))

miner.h

@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ struct thr_info {
 	bool		primary_thread;
 
 	pthread_t	pth;
+	cgsem_t		sem;
 	struct thread_q	*q;
 	struct cgpu_info *cgpu;
 	void *cgpu_data;

util.c

@@ -785,28 +785,9 @@ out:
 
 int thr_info_create(struct thr_info *thr, pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start) (void *), void *arg)
 {
-	return pthread_create(&thr->pth, attr, start, arg);
-}
-
-void thr_info_freeze(struct thr_info *thr)
-{
-	struct tq_ent *ent, *iter;
-	struct thread_q *tq;
+	cgsem_init(&thr->sem);
 
-	if (!thr)
-		return;
-
-	tq = thr->q;
-	if (!tq)
-		return;
-
-	mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
-	tq->frozen = true;
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(ent, iter, &tq->q, q_node) {
-		list_del(&ent->q_node);
-		free(ent);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
+	return pthread_create(&thr->pth, attr, start, arg);
 }
 
 void thr_info_cancel(struct thr_info *thr)
@@ -818,6 +799,7 @@ void thr_info_cancel(struct thr_info *thr)
 		pthread_cancel(thr->pth);
 		PTH(thr) = 0L;
 	}
+	cgsem_destroy(&thr->sem);
 }
 
 /* Provide a ms based sleep that uses nanosleep to avoid poor usleep accuracy

util.h

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct pool;
 enum dev_reason;
 struct cgpu_info;
 int thr_info_create(struct thr_info *thr, pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start) (void *), void *arg);
-void thr_info_freeze(struct thr_info *thr);
 void thr_info_cancel(struct thr_info *thr);
 void nmsleep(unsigned int msecs);
 void nusleep(unsigned int usecs);