Re: [PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with alloc_ordered_workqueue

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with alloc_ordered_workqueue
Date	2016-04-15 22:50 +0200
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From: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:27:45 +0530

> Replace deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue with
> alloc_ordered_workqueue.
> 
> Work items include getting tx/rx frame sizes, resetting MPI processor,
> setting asic recovery bit so ordering seems necessary as only one work
> item should be in queue/executing at any given time, hence the use of
> alloc_ordered_workqueue.
> 
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag has been set since ethernet devices seem to sit in
> memory reclaim path, so to guarantee forward progress regardless of 
> memory pressure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

I'll apply this to net-next, thanks.

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[PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with  alloc_ordered_workqueue Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 14:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with  alloc_ordered_workqueue Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-04-13 19:50 +0200
    RE: [PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with  alloc_ordered_workqueue Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@qlogic.com> - 2016-04-14 11:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with  alloc_ordered_workqueue Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-04-14 17:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with  alloc_ordered_workqueue David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-04-15 22:50 +0200

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