The patch titled Subject: fs/ocfs2/super: remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fs-ocfs2-super-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-ocfs2-super-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-ocfs2-super-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/super: remove deprecated create_singlethread_workqueue() The workqueue "ocfs2_wq" queues multiple work items viz &osb->la_enable_wq, &journal->j_recovery_work, &os->os_orphan_scan_work, &osb->osb_truncate_log_wq 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 because the workqueue is being used on a memory reclaim path. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/66279de510a7f4cfc6e386d99b7e04b3f65fb11b.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/super.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/ocfs2/super.c~fs-ocfs2-super-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue fs/ocfs2/super.c --- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c~fs-ocfs2-super-remove-deprecated-create_singlethread_workqueue +++ a/fs/ocfs2/super.c @@ -2329,7 +2329,7 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct } cleancache_init_shared_fs(sb); - osb->ocfs2_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("ocfs2_wq"); + osb->ocfs2_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("ocfs2_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM); if (!osb->ocfs2_wq) { status = -ENOMEM; mlog_errno(status); _ 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