linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtip32xx: Remove deprecated create

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:01:44 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
Cc:	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtip32xx: Remove deprecated create_workqueue

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 01:52:05PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> alloc_workqueue replaces deprecated create_workqueue().
> 
> A dedicated workqueue has been used since the workqueue isr_workq is
> involved in irq handling path of block driver and requires forward
> progress under memory pressure. Hence, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set.
> Since there are only a fixed number of work items, explicit concurrency
> limit is unnecessary here.
> 
> flush_workqueue is unnecessary since destroy_workqueue() itself calls
> drain_workqueue() which flushes repeatedly till the workqueue
> becomes empty. Hence the calls to flush_workqueue()  before
> destroy_workqueue() have been dropped.

Looks good.

Thanks!

-- 
tejun