linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/32] scsi/be2iscsi,qla2xxx: convert to alloc

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Date:	Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:41:22 -0600
From:	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jayamohan Kallickal <jayamohank@...verengines.com>,
	Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/32] scsi/be2iscsi,qla2xxx: convert to alloc_workqueue()

On 02/02/2011 04:25 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> usually necessary.  The queue of pending works tend to be short and
> consumed pretty fast.
>

What if we want to do something that could take a while, like doing 
recovery of a device/transport (so you have to send resets and 
logouts/logins and wait for the results but they could take a while if 
they timeout), should we be using something other than a workqueue so it 
does not interfere with other users?
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