linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] iwlwifi: dvm: use alloc_ordered

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:33:41 +0000
From:	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
To:	Eva Rachel Retuya <eraretuya@...il.com>,
	"outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com" 
	<outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com>
CC:	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	linuxwifi <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
	"kvalo@...eaurora.org" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tj@...nel.org" <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iwlwifi: dvm: use alloc_ordered_workqueue()



On 03/19/2016 07:15 AM, Eva Rachel Retuya wrote:
> Use alloc_ordered_workqueue() to allocate the workqueue instead of
> create_singlethread_workqueue() since the latter is deprecated and is scheduled
> for removal.
> 
> There are work items doing related operations that shouldn't be swapped when
> queued in a certain order hence preserve the strict execution ordering of a
> single threaded (ST) workqueue by switching to alloc_ordered_workqueue().
> 
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag is not needed since the worker is not depended
> during memory reclaim.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eva Rachel Retuya <eraretuya@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> ---


Applied - thanks.