linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] cfag12864b: Remove deprecated create_singlethread

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Message-ID: <20160815225510.GE3672@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2016 18:55:10 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>
Cc:	Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cfag12864b: Remove deprecated
 create_singlethread_workqueue

On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 09:08:07PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> The workqueue has a single workitem(&cfag12864b_work) and hence doesn't
> require ordering. Also, it is not being used on a memory reclaim path.
> Hence, the singlethreaded workqueue has been replaced with the use of
> system_wq.
> 
> System workqueues have been able to handle high level of concurrency
> for a long time now and hence it's not required to have a singlethreaded
> workqueue just to gain concurrency. Unlike a dedicated per-cpu workqueue
> created with create_singlethread_workqueue(), system_wq allows multiple
> work items to overlap executions even on the same CPU; however, a
> per-cpu workqueue doesn't have any CPU locality or global ordering
> guarantee unless the target CPU is explicitly specified and thus the
> increase of local concurrency shouldn't make any difference.
> 
> Work item has been sync cancelled in cfag12864b_disable() to ensure that
> there are no pending tasks while disconnecting the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>

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

Thanks.

-- 
tejun