From: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] ACPI: thermal: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:47:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251030154739.262582-6-marco.crivellari@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251030154739.262582-1-marco.crivellari@suse.com>
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 to explicitly request
alloc_workqueue() to be per-cpu when WQ_UNBOUND has not been specified.
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.
Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit default.
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
CC: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
---
drivers/acpi/thermal.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index 8537395b417b..a511f9ea0267 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -1060,7 +1060,8 @@ static int __init acpi_thermal_init(void)
}
acpi_thermal_pm_queue = alloc_workqueue("acpi_thermal_pm",
- WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+ WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU,
+ 0);
if (!acpi_thermal_pm_queue)
return -ENODEV;
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-30 15:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-30 15:47 [PATCH 0/5] replace old wq(s), added WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue Marco Crivellari
2025-10-30 15:47 ` [PATCH 1/5] ACPI: scan: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq Marco Crivellari
2025-10-30 15:47 ` [PATCH 2/5] ACPI: OSL: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq Marco Crivellari
2025-10-30 15:47 ` [PATCH 3/5] ACPI: EC: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users Marco Crivellari
2025-10-30 15:47 ` [PATCH 4/5] ACPI: OSL: " Marco Crivellari
2025-10-30 15:47 ` Marco Crivellari [this message]
2025-11-03 17:47 ` [PATCH 0/5] replace old wq(s), added WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-11-04 8:58 ` Marco Crivellari
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