Re: [PATCH 5/7] gfs2: use workqueue instead of slow-work

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Thu Jul 22 2010 - 16:48:09 EST


On 07/20/2010 10:35 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Workqueue can now handle high concurrency. Convert gfs to use
> workqueue instead of slow-work.
>
> * Steven pointed out that recovery path might be run from allocation
> path and thus requires forward progress guarantee without memory
> allocation. Create and use gfs_recovery_wq with rescuer. Please
> note that forward progress wasn't guaranteed with slow-work.
>
> * Updated to use non-reentrant workqueue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx>

Steven, can you please review the change?

Thanks.

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tejun
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