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>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
index b0a0b01..01ae548 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static int __init mlxsw_core_module_init(void)
{
int err;
- mlxsw_wq = create_workqueue(mlxsw_core_driver_name);
+ mlxsw_wq = alloc_workqueue(mlxsw_core_driver_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
if (!mlxsw_wq)
return -ENOMEM;
mlxsw_core_dbg_root = debugfs_create_dir(mlxsw_core_driver_name, NULL);
--
2.1.4
