linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Remove create

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Message-ID: <20160620150652.GW3262@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:06:52 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
Cc:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Remove create_workqueue

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 01:58:30PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> alloc_workqueue replaces deprecated create_workqueue().
> 
> A dedicated workqueue has been used since the workitem (viz
> &fault->work), is involved in IO page-fault handling.
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set to guarantee forward progress under memory
> pressure, which is a requirement here.
> Since there are only a fixed number of work items, explicit concurrency
> limit is unnecessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>

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

Thanks.

-- 
tejun