From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753185AbcIAXlq (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2016 19:41:46 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:40824 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750762AbcIAXlm (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2016 19:41:42 -0400 Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 16:41:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20160901.164141.1919969808031777069.davem@davemloft.net> To: bhaktipriya96@gmail.com Cc: j.vosburgh@gmail.com, vfalico@gmail.com, gospo@cumulusnetworks.com, tj@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20160830163201.GA25869@Karyakshetra> References: <20160830163201.GA25869@Karyakshetra> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Thu, 01 Sep 2016 16:41:42 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Bhaktipriya Shridhar Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:02:01 +0530 > 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 Applied.