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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/workqueue.c | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 15 |
3 files changed, 47 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 87d40a72f6a1..cda2ead39093 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4230,6 +4230,17 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. The default value of this parameter is determined by the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT. + workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu + Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work + items queued without explicit CPU specified are put + on the local CPU. This guarantee is no longer true + and while local CPU is still preferred work items + may be put on foreign CPUs. This debug option + forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out + usages which depend on the now broken guarantee. + When enabled, memory and cache locality will be + impacted. + x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of default x2apic cluster mode on platforms supporting x2apic. diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 054774605d2f..51d77e7c0989 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -307,6 +307,18 @@ static cpumask_var_t wq_unbound_cpumask; /* CPU where unbound work was last round robin scheduled from this CPU */ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, wq_rr_cpu_last); +/* + * Local execution of unbound work items is no longer guaranteed. The + * following always forces round-robin CPU selection on unbound work items + * to uncover usages which depend on it. + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_WQ_FORCE_RR_CPU +static bool wq_debug_force_rr_cpu = true; +#else +static bool wq_debug_force_rr_cpu = false; +#endif +module_param_named(debug_force_rr_cpu, wq_debug_force_rr_cpu, bool, 0644); + /* the per-cpu worker pools */ static DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct worker_pool [NR_STD_WORKER_POOLS], cpu_worker_pools); @@ -1309,10 +1321,17 @@ static bool is_chained_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq) */ static int wq_select_unbound_cpu(int cpu) { + static bool printed_dbg_warning; int new_cpu; - if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, wq_unbound_cpumask)) - return cpu; + if (likely(!wq_debug_force_rr_cpu)) { + if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, wq_unbound_cpumask)) + return cpu; + } else if (!printed_dbg_warning) { + pr_warn("workqueue: round-robin CPU selection forced, expect performance impact\n"); + printed_dbg_warning = true; + } + if (cpumask_empty(wq_unbound_cpumask)) return cpu; diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index ecb9e75614bf..8bfd1aca7a3d 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1400,6 +1400,21 @@ config RCU_EQS_DEBUG endmenu # "RCU Debugging" +config DEBUG_WQ_FORCE_RR_CPU + bool "Force round-robin CPU selection for unbound work items" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + default n + help + Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work items queued + without explicit CPU specified are put on the local CPU. This + guarantee is no longer true and while local CPU is still + preferred work items may be put on foreign CPUs. Kernel + parameter "workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu" is added to force + round-robin CPU selection to flush out usages which depend on the + now broken guarantee. This config option enables the debug + feature by default. When enabled, memory and cache locality will + be impacted. + config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT bool "Force extended block device numbers and spread them" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |