From: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriy...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 01:29:46 +0530
> alloc_workqueue replaces deprecated create_workqueue(). > > A dedicated workqueue has been used since the workqueue > mlxsw_wq is used for FDB notif. processing with workitems that are > involved in normal device operation && because it's a network device > which can be depended upon during memory reclaim. > > Workitems &trans->timeout_dw and &mlxsw_sp->fdb_notify.dw, > map to mlxsw_sp_fdb_notify_work (processes FDB notifications from the > underlying device and resolves the netdev to which the entry points to > and notifies the bridge using the switchdev notifier) and > mlxsw_emad_trans_timeout_work (provides async EMAD register access) > respectively. They require forward progress under memory pressure and > hence, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set. > > Since there are only a fixed number of work items, explicit concurrency > limit is unnecessary here. > > Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriy...@gmail.com> Applied.
