Created a thread using alloc_ordered_workqueue() API in order to process the works from firmware Work-queue sequentially instead of create_singlethread_workqueue() API. Signed-off-by: Sreekanth Reddy <Sreekanth.Reddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c index 837c22a..42bb731 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c @@ -8024,8 +8024,13 @@ _scsih_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) /* event thread */ snprintf(ioc->firmware_event_name, sizeof(ioc->firmware_event_name), "fw_event%d", ioc->id); - ioc->firmware_event_thread = create_singlethread_workqueue( +#if defined(alloc_ordered_workqueue) + ioc->firmware_event_thread = alloc_ordered_workqueue( + ioc->firmware_event_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM); +#else + ioc->firmware_event_thread = create_singlethread_workqueue( ioc->firmware_event_name); +#endif if (!ioc->firmware_event_thread) { pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n", ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__); -- 2.0.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html