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Re: [PATCH] s390: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue

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On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 01:57:20AM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> The workqueue "appldata_wq" has been replaced with an ordered dedicated
> workqueue.
> 
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has not been set since the workqueue is not being used on
> a memory reclaim path.
> 
> The adapter->work_queue queues multiple work items viz
> &adapter->scan_work, &port->rport_work, &adapter->ns_up_work,
> &adapter->stat_work, adapter->work_queue, &adapter->events.work,
> &port->gid_pn_work, &port->test_link_work. Hence, an ordered
> dedicated workqueue has been used.
> 
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set to ensure forward progress under memory
> pressure.

I have no idea what these drivers do.  s390 folks, can you please shed
some light on whether these workqueues can be depended on during
memory reclaim?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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[PATCH] s390: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com> - 2016-08-30 22:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] s390: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-08-31 16:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] s390: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> - 2016-09-03 13:00 +0200

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