linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] staging: octeon: Convert create_singlethread

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Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:09:50 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, aaro.koskinen@....fi,
	cristina.moraru09@...il.com, avid.daney@...ium.com,
	david.daney@...ium.com, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	paul.martin@...ethink.co.uk, arnd@...db.de, joe@...ches.com,
	aybuke.147@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: octeon: Convert
 create_singlethread_workqueue()

Hello,

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:21:47PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> With conccurency managed workqueues, use of dedicated workqueues can
> be replaced by system_wq. Drop cvm_oct_poll_queue by using system_wq.
> 
> There are multiple work items per cvm_oct_poll_queue (viz.
> cvm_oct_rx_refill_work, port_periodic_work) and different
> cvm_oct_poll_queues need not be be ordered. Hence, concurrency
> can be increased by switching to system_wq.
> 
> All work items are sync canceled in cvm_oct_remove() so it
> is guaranteed that no work is in flight by the time exit path runs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>

For the workqueue part,

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

Thanks.

-- 
tejun