Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:17:31 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: cavium: liquidio: response_manager: Remove create_workqueue | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 20:21:40 +0530
> alloc_workqueue replaces deprecated create_workqueue(). > > A dedicated workqueue has been used since the workitem viz > (&cwq->wk.work which maps to oct_poll_req_completion) is involved > in 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. Hence the call to flush_workqueue() has been dropped. > > Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>
Applied.
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