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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net: cavium: liquidio: Remove deprecated create_workqueue
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From: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 01:47:59 +0530

> alloc_workqueue replaces deprecated create_workqueue().
>
> A dedicated workqueue has been used since the workitem viz
> (&lio->txq_status_wq.wk.work which maps to octnet_poll_check_txq_status)
> is involved in a brief poll routine for checking transmit queue status
> and is an intergral part of normal device operation.
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set to guarantee forward progress under memory
> pressure, which is a requirement here.
> Since there are only a fixed number of work items, explicit concurrency
> limit is unnecessary.
>
> flush_workqueue is unnecessary since destroy_workqueue() itself calls
> drain_workqueue() which flushes repeatedly till the workqueue
> becomes empty.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>

Applied.

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