On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 04:50:26PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote: > BACKGROUND > ========== > > When multiple work items are queued to a workqueue, their execution order > doesn't match the queueing order. They may get executed in any order and > simultaneously. When fully serialized execution - one by one in the queueing > order - is needed, an ordered workqueue should be used which can be created > with alloc_ordered_workqueue(). > This patch series audits all callsites that create an UNBOUND workqueue w/ > @max_active==1 and converts them to alloc_ordered_workqueue() as necessary. > > WHAT TO LOOK FOR > ================ > > The conversions are from > > alloc_workqueue(WQ_UNBOUND | flags, 1, args..) > > to > > alloc_ordered_workqueue(flags, args...) > > which don't cause any functional changes. If you know that fully ordered > execution is not ncessary, please let me know. I'll drop the conversion and > instead add a comment noting the fact to reduce confusion while conversion > is in progress. > > If you aren't fully sure, it's completely fine to let the conversion > through. The behavior will stay exactly the same and we can always > reconsider later. > > As there are follow-up workqueue core changes, I'd really appreciate if the > patch can be routed through the workqueue tree w/ your acks. Thanks. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: greybus-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ greybus-dev mailing list -- greybus-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to greybus-dev-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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