From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@gmail.com>,
Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@gmail.com>,
Andy Gospodarek <gospo@cumulusnetworks.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:05:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160831140529.GE12660@htj.duckdns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160830163201.GA25869@Karyakshetra>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-31 14:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-30 16:32 [PATCH] bonding: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue Bhaktipriya Shridhar
2016-08-31 14:05 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2016-09-01 23:41 ` David Miller
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