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

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Jul 26 2016 - 18:19:36 EST


From: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:38:24 +0530

> 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>

Applied.