Re: [RFC] whci: Remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Aug 09 2016 - 09:41:02 EST


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