Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5_core/health: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5_core/health: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue
Date	2016-07-27 00:20 +0200
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From: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:38:24 +0530

> The workqueue health->wq was used as per device private health thread.
> This was done to perform delayed work.
> 
> The workqueue has a single workitem(&health->work) and
> hence doesn't require ordering. It is involved in handling the health of
> the device and is not being used on a memory reclaim path.
> Hence, the singlethreaded workqueue has been replaced with the use of
> system_wq.
> 
> Work item has been flushed in mlx5_health_cleanup() to ensure that
> there are no pending tasks while disconnecting the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>

Applied.

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[PATCH v2] net/mlx5_core/health: Remove deprecated  create_singlethread_workqueue Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com> - 2016-07-26 19:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5_core/health: Remove deprecated  create_singlethread_workqueue Leon Romanovsky <leonro@mellanox.com> - 2016-07-26 20:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5_core/health: Remove deprecated  create_singlethread_workqueue David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-07-27 00:20 +0200

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