netdev - Re: [PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with alloc_ordered

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:42:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amitoj1606@...il.com
Cc:	harish.patil@...gic.com, sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com,
	Dept-GELinuxNICDev@...gic.com, linux-driver@...gic.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qlge: Replace create_singlethread_workqueue with
 alloc_ordered_workqueue

From: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:27:45 +0530

> Replace deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue with
> alloc_ordered_workqueue.
> 
> Work items include getting tx/rx frame sizes, resetting MPI processor,
> setting asic recovery bit so ordering seems necessary as only one work
> item should be in queue/executing at any given time, hence the use of
> alloc_ordered_workqueue.
> 
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag has been set since ethernet devices seem to sit in
> memory reclaim path, so to guarantee forward progress regardless of 
> memory pressure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

I'll apply this to net-next, thanks.