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Re: [PATCH] bonding: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue

From Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] bonding: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue
Date 2016-08-31 16:10 +0200
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On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:02:01PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> alloc_ordered_workqueue() with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM set, replaces
> deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue(). This is the identity
> conversion.
> 
> The workqueue "wq" queues multiple work items viz
> &bond->mcast_work, &nnw->work, &bond->mii_work, &bond->arp_work,
> &bond->alb_work, &bond->mii_work, &bond->ad_work, &bond->slave_arr_work
> which require strict execution ordering. Hence, an ordered dedicated
> workqueue has been used.
> 
> Since, it is a network driver, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set to
> ensure forward progress under memory pressure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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[PATCH] bonding: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com> - 2016-08-30 18:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] bonding: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-08-31 16:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] bonding: Remove deprecated  create_singlethread_workqueue David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-09-02 01:50 +0200

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