Re: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5_core/health: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Tue Jul 26 2016 - 14:12:11 EST


On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:38:24PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> The workqueue health->wq was used as per device private health thread.
> This was done to perform delayed work.
>
> The workqueue has a single workitem(&health->work) and
> hence doesn't require ordering. It is involved in handling the health of
> the device and is not being used on a memory reclaim path.
> Hence, the singlethreaded workqueue has been replaced with the use of
> system_wq.
>
> Work item has been flushed in mlx5_health_cleanup() to ensure that
> there are no pending tasks while disconnecting the driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> -Updated commit description as per the feedback received.
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c | 7 ++-----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Thanks,
Acked-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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