linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5_core/health: Remove deprecated create_singlethread

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:11:07 +0300
From:	Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
To:	Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
Cc:	Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5_core/health: Remove deprecated
 create_singlethread_workqueue

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:38:24PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> The workqueue health->wq was used as per device private health thread.
> This was done to perform delayed work.
> 
> The workqueue has a single workitem(&health->work) and
> hence doesn't require ordering. It is involved in handling the health of
> the device and is not being used on a memory reclaim path.
> Hence, the singlethreaded workqueue has been replaced with the use of
> system_wq.
> 
> Work item has been flushed in mlx5_health_cleanup() to ensure that
> there are no pending tasks while disconnecting the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
> ---
>  Changes in v2:
> 	-Updated commit description as per the feedback received.
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Thanks,
Acked-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

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