The patch titled Subject: fs/ocfs2/cluster: remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fs-ocfs2-cluster-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-ocfs2-cluster-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-ocfs2-cluster-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/ocfs2/cluster: remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue() The workqueue "o2net_wq" queues multiple work items viz &old_sc->sc_shutdown_work, &sc->sc_rx_work, &sc->sc_connect_work which require strict execution ordering. Hence, an ordered dedicated workqueue has been used. WQ_MEM_RECLAIM has been set to ensure forward progress under memory pressure. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ddc12e5766c79ba26f8a00d98049107f8a1d4866.1472590094.git.bhaktipriya96@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@xxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c~fs-ocfs2-cluster-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c --- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c~fs-ocfs2-cluster-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue +++ a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c @@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ int o2net_start_listening(struct o2nm_no BUG_ON(o2net_listen_sock != NULL); mlog(ML_KTHREAD, "starting o2net thread...\n"); - o2net_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("o2net"); + o2net_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("o2net", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM); if (o2net_wq == NULL) { mlog(ML_ERROR, "unable to launch o2net thread\n"); return -ENOMEM; /* ? */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bhaktipriya96@xxxxxxxxx are fs-ocfs2-dlmfs-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch fs-ocfs2-cluster-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch fs-ocfs2-super-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch fs-ocfs2-dlm-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html