Use alloc_workqueue() to allocate the workqueue instead of create_singlethread_workqueue() since the latter is deprecated and is scheduled for removal. There are work items doing related operations that shouldn't be swapped when queued in a certain order hence preserve the strict execution ordering of a single threaded (ST) workqueue by setting max_active to 1 and adding the WQ_UNBOUND flag. In addition, there are work items dealing with temperature throttling (tt_work, ct_enter, ct_exit). Adding the WQ_HIGHPRI flag would place the work items in a high priority workqueue. Lastly, guarantee forward progress for work items depended upon during memory reclaim by the addition of the WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag. Signed-off-by: Eva Rachel Retuya <eraretuya@xxxxxxxxx> --- To the maintainers: Just to confirm, are work items depended upon during memory reclaim? If not, the WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag will be dropped. I added it just in case since create_singlethread_workqueue() also sets this flag. drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c index f62c2d7..37fa11c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c @@ -1071,7 +1071,8 @@ static void iwl_bg_restart(struct work_struct *data) static void iwl_setup_deferred_work(struct iwl_priv *priv) { - priv->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue(DRV_NAME); + priv->workqueue = alloc_workqueue(DRV_NAME, WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_UNBOUND | + WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1); INIT_WORK(&priv->restart, iwl_bg_restart); INIT_WORK(&priv->beacon_update, iwl_bg_beacon_update); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html