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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>
Cc: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] whci: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:41:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160809134110.GA28161@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160727090915.GA24974@Karyakshetra>

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 02:39:16PM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote:
> alloc_ordered_workqueue replaces the deprecated
> create_singlethread_workqueue.
> 
> The workqueue "workqueue" has multiple workitems which may require
> ordering. Hence, a dedicated ordered workqueue has been used.
> Since the workqueue is not being used on a memory reclaim path,
> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has not been set.
> 
> Can the workitems run concurrently? Is the ordering among work items necessary?

I don't know, sorry.  Almost no one has this hardware, so just fix it
the best you can and let's see what happens :)

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2016-08-09 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-27  9:09 [RFC] whci: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue Bhaktipriya Shridhar
2016-08-09 13:41 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]

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