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 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 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 Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari --- drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c | 2 +- drivers/block/rbd.c | 2 +- drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c | 2 +- drivers/block/sunvdc.c | 2 +- drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 2 +- 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c index cdf6e4041bb9..3b21750038ee 100644 --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ aoe_init(void) { int ret; - aoe_wq = alloc_workqueue("aoe_wq", 0, 0); + aoe_wq = alloc_workqueue("aoe_wq", WQ_PERCPU, 0); if (!aoe_wq) return -ENOMEM; diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c index faafd7ff43d6..af0e21149dbc 100644 --- a/drivers/block/rbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c @@ -7389,7 +7389,7 @@ static int __init rbd_init(void) * The number of active work items is limited by the number of * rbd devices * queue depth, so leave @max_active at default. */ - rbd_wq = alloc_workqueue(RBD_DRV_NAME, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); + rbd_wq = alloc_workqueue(RBD_DRV_NAME, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU, 0); if (!rbd_wq) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto err_out_slab; diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c index 15627417f12e..b3a0470f9e80 100644 --- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c +++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c @@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ static int __init rnbd_client_init(void) unregister_blkdev(rnbd_client_major, "rnbd"); return err; } - rnbd_clt_wq = alloc_workqueue("rnbd_clt_wq", 0, 0); + rnbd_clt_wq = alloc_workqueue("rnbd_clt_wq", WQ_PERCPU, 0); if (!rnbd_clt_wq) { pr_err("Failed to load module, alloc_workqueue failed.\n"); rnbd_clt_destroy_sysfs_files(); diff --git a/drivers/block/sunvdc.c b/drivers/block/sunvdc.c index 442546b05df8..851763e5dd18 100644 --- a/drivers/block/sunvdc.c +++ b/drivers/block/sunvdc.c @@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ static int __init vdc_init(void) { int err; - sunvdc_wq = alloc_workqueue("sunvdc", 0, 0); + sunvdc_wq = alloc_workqueue("sunvdc", WQ_PERCPU, 0); if (!sunvdc_wq) return -ENOMEM; diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c index 7cffea01d868..a5a48f976a20 100644 --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c @@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ static int __init virtio_blk_init(void) { int error; - virtblk_wq = alloc_workqueue("virtio-blk", 0, 0); + virtblk_wq = alloc_workqueue("virtio-blk", WQ_PERCPU, 0); if (!virtblk_wq) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.51.0