diff options
| author | Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com> | 2025-09-18 17:24:27 +0300 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2025-09-23 03:40:30 +0300 |
| commit | 27ce71e1ce81875df72f7698ba27988392bef602 (patch) | |
| tree | 49f92e73d86d5b9dcb5fe3856c5f84901fca0424 /drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e | |
| parent | 5fd8bb982e10f29e856ef71072609af5ce55d281 (diff) | |
| download | linux-27ce71e1ce81875df72f7698ba27988392bef602.tar.xz | |
net: 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 change adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag at the network subsystem, 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://patch.msgid.link/20250918142427.309519-4-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c index b14019d44b58..02fccdbbc288 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c @@ -16617,7 +16617,7 @@ static int __init i40e_init_module(void) * since we need to be able to guarantee forward progress even under * memory pressure. */ - i40e_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", 0, 0, i40e_driver_name); + i40e_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_PERCPU, 0, i40e_driver_name); if (!i40e_wq) { pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", i40e_driver_name); return -ENOMEM; |