netdev - Re: [PATCH 09/22] wifi: iwlwifi: Use alloc_ordered_workqueue() to create ordered workqueues

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 19:31:22 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, jiangshanlai@...il.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@...el.com>,
        Avraham Stern <avraham.stern@...el.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Mordechay Goodstein <mordechay.goodstein@...el.com>,
        "Haim, Dreyfuss" <haim.dreyfuss@...el.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/22] wifi: iwlwifi: Use alloc_ordered_workqueue() to
 create ordered workqueues

On Thu, 2023-04-20 at 16:50 -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> This patch series audits all callsites that create an UNBOUND workqueue w/
> @max_active==1 and converts them to alloc_ordered_workqueue() as necessary.
> 
> WHAT TO LOOK FOR
> ================
> 
> The conversions are from
> 
>   alloc_workqueue(WQ_UNBOUND | flags, 1, args..)
> 
> to
> 
>   alloc_ordered_workqueue(flags, args...)
> 
> which don't cause any functional changes. If you know that fully ordered
> execution is not ncessary, please let me know. I'll drop the conversion and
> instead add a comment noting the fact to reduce confusion while conversion
> is in progress.

This workqueue only has a single work struct queued on it, I'm not
_entirely_ sure why there's even a separate workqueue (possibly for
priority reasons etc.), but surely with just a single work struct, order
cannot really matter.

johannes