From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935221AbcHaOZe (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:25:34 -0400 Received: from mail-yb0-f194.google.com ([209.85.213.194]:34158 "EHLO mail-yb0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934976AbcHaOZd (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:25:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:25:30 -0400 From: Tejun Heo To: Bhaktipriya Shridhar Cc: Sathya Prakash , Chaitra P B , Suganath Prabu Subramani , MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@broadcom.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fusion/mptfc: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue Message-ID: <20160831142530.GM12660@htj.duckdns.org> References: <0a490fd1f70f3010595444ca911d6e733f345684.1472583639.git.bhaktipriya96@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0a490fd1f70f3010595444ca911d6e733f345684.1472583639.git.bhaktipriya96@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:33:05AM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote: > The workqueue "fc_rescan_work_q" queues multiple work items viz > &ioc->fc_rescan_work, &ioc->fc_lsc_work, &ioc->fc_setup_reset_work, > which require strict execution ordering. > Hence, an ordered dedicated workqueue has been used. > > WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set since the workqueue is belongs to a storage > driver which is being used on a memory reclaim path and hence, requires > forward progress under memory pressure. > > Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar Acked-by: Tejun Heo Thanks. -- tejun