netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5_core/pagealloc: Remove deprecated create_singlethread

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:22:37 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
Cc:	Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@...il.com>,
	Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5_core/pagealloc: Remove deprecated
 create_singlethread_workqueue

Hello,

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 12:37:35PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> Did you test this patch? Did you notice the memory reclaim path nature
> of this work?

The conversion uses WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, which is standard for all
workqueues which can stall packet processing if stalled.  The
requirement comes from nfs or block devices over network.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun