The workqueue health->wq was used as per device private health thread. This was done to perform delayed work.
The workqueue has a single workitem(&health->work) and hence doesn't require ordering. It is involved in handling the health of the device and is not being used on a memory reclaim path. Hence, the singlethreaded workqueue has been replaced with the use of system_wq. Work item has been flushed in mlx5_health_cleanup() to ensure that there are no pending tasks while disconnecting the driver. Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriy...@gmail.com> --- Changes in v2: -Updated commit description as per the feedback received. drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c index 42d16b9..9acbccf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static void poll_health(unsigned long data) if (in_fatal(dev) && !health->sick) { health->sick = true; print_health_info(dev); - queue_work(health->wq, &health->work); + schedule_work(&health->work); } } @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ void mlx5_health_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev) { struct mlx5_core_health *health = &dev->priv.health; - destroy_workqueue(health->wq); + flush_work(&health->work); } int mlx5_health_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev) @@ -311,10 +311,7 @@ int mlx5_health_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev) strcpy(name, "mlx5_health"); strcat(name, dev_name(&dev->pdev->dev)); - health->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(name); kfree(name); - if (!health->wq) - return -ENOMEM; INIT_WORK(&health->work, health_care); -- 2.1.4