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| author | Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com> | 2025-09-16 10:29:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2025-09-19 16:15:07 +0200 |
| commit | 69635d7f4b344e6f5344bba3c3de92e4fb8b0d2a (patch) | |
| tree | a71e029d3da0a0ffac7b73031a508f810b37c59d /fs/fs-writeback.c | |
| parent | 4ef64db060619be040351e3960e151e5fef3f895 (diff) | |
| download | tip-69635d7f4b344e6f5344bba3c3de92e4fb8b0d2a.tar.gz | |
fs: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users
Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
alloc_workqueue() treats all queues as per-CPU by default, while unbound
workqueues must opt-in via WQ_UNBOUND.
This default is suboptimal: most workloads benefit from unbound queues,
allowing the scheduler to place worker threads where they’re needed and
reducing noise when CPUs are isolated.
This patch adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to all the fs subsystem users to
explicitly request the use of the per-CPU behavior. Both flags coexist
for one release cycle to allow callers to transition their calls.
Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit default.
With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND),
any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND
must now use WQ_PERCPU.
All existing users have been updated accordingly.
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250916082906.77439-4-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/fs-writeback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index cf51a265bf2712..4b1a53a3266bb3 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ void cgroup_writeback_umount(struct super_block *sb) static int __init cgroup_writeback_init(void) { - isw_wq = alloc_workqueue("inode_switch_wbs", 0, 0); + isw_wq = alloc_workqueue("inode_switch_wbs", WQ_PERCPU, 0); if (!isw_wq) return -ENOMEM; return 0; |