On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 01:57:20AM +0530, Bhaktipriya Shridhar wrote: > The workqueue "appldata_wq" has been replaced with an ordered dedicated > workqueue. > > WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has not been set since the workqueue is not being used on > a memory reclaim path. > > The adapter->work_queue queues multiple work items viz > &adapter->scan_work, &port->rport_work, &adapter->ns_up_work, > &adapter->stat_work, adapter->work_queue, &adapter->events.work, > &port->gid_pn_work, &port->test_link_work. Hence, an ordered > dedicated workqueue has been used. > > WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set to ensure forward progress under memory > pressure.
I have no idea what these drivers do. s390 folks, can you please shed some light on whether these workqueues can be depended on during memory reclaim? Thanks. -- tejun
