netdev - Re: [PATCH] can: mcp251x: Replace create_freezable_workqueue with alloc

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Message-ID: <570B61DB.9070909@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:35:39 +0200
From:	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:	Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>, wg@...ndegger.com,
	linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	tj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: mcp251x: Replace create_freezable_workqueue with
 alloc_workqueue

On 04/08/2016 05:32 PM, Amitoj Kaur Chawla wrote:
> Replace scheduled to be removed create_freezable_workqueue with
> alloc_workqueue.
> 
> priv->wq should be explicitly set as freezable to ensure it is frozen
> in the suspend sequence and work items are drained so that no new work
> item starts execution until thawed. Thus, use of WQ_FREEZABLE flag
> here is required.
> 
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag has been set here to ensure forward progress
> regardless of memory pressure.
> 
> The order of execution is not important so set @max_active as 0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Applied to can-next/master.

Tnx,
Marc

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