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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net: pegasus: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue
On 16-08-30 22:02:47, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> The workqueue "pegasus_workqueue" queues a single work item per pegasus
> instance and hence it doesn't require execution ordering. Hence,
> alloc_workqueue has been used to replace the deprecated
> create_singlethread_workqueue instance.
>
> The WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag has been set to ensure forward progress under
> memory pressure since it's a network driver.
>
> Since there are fixed number of work items, explicit concurrency
> limit is unnecessary here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c b/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
> index 9bbe0161..1434e5d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
> @@ -1129,7 +1129,8 @@ static int pegasus_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
> return -ENODEV;
>
> if (pegasus_count == 0) {
> - pegasus_workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("pegasus");
> + pegasus_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("pegasus", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM,
> + 0);
> if (!pegasus_workqueue)
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
> --
> 2.1.4

Nope, there is no need for singlethread-ness here. As long as the flag you used
is doing the right thing i am OK with the patch.


Petko

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