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mlxsw: core: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM for EMAD workqueue 

The EMAD workqueue is used to handle retransmission of EMAD packets that
contain configuration data for the device's firmware.

Given the workers need to allocate these packets and that the code is
not called as part of memory reclaim path, remove the WQ_MEM_RECLAIM
flag.

Fixes: d965465b60 ("mlxsw: core: Fix possible deadlock")
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Ido Schimmel 2019-04-10 06:58:13 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent d4d0e40977
commit a8c133b061
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
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drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
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@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static int mlxsw_emad_init(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core)
if (!(mlxsw_core->bus->features & MLXSW_BUS_F_TXRX))
return 0;
emad_wq = alloc_workqueue("mlxsw_core_emad", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
emad_wq = alloc_workqueue("mlxsw_core_emad", 0, 0);
if (!emad_wq)
return -ENOMEM;
mlxsw_core->emad_wq = emad_wq;