From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
kernel-team@meta.com, marco.crivellari@suse.com
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] workqueue: add a per-cpu backend for unbound pwqs
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:57:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731-wq-pool-refactor-v1-5-8eaf71cdab5f@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260731-wq-pool-refactor-v1-0-8eaf71cdab5f@debian.org>
Add alloc_percpu_pwq(), which binds a pwq to get_percpu_pool(wq, cpu),
and an internal __WQ_PERCPU_POOLS flag. unbound_wq_update_pwq() installs
such a pwq per CPU when the flag is set, reusing the existing
install/drain path. Pool release and nr_active are already keyed on the
backing pool, so a per-cpu-backed pwq is torn down and throttled
correctly.
PS: We can do this using if/else for per cpu/unbound as well, instead of
this labels:, would it be better?
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
include/linux/workqueue.h | 1 +
kernel/workqueue.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index a283766a192aa..5bbbed94d2fa6 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ enum wq_flags {
__WQ_ORDERED = 1 << 17, /* internal: workqueue is ordered */
__WQ_LEGACY = 1 << 18, /* internal: create*_workqueue() */
__WQ_DEPRECATED = 1 << 19, /* internal: workqueue is deprecated */
+ __WQ_PERCPU_POOLS = 1 << 20, /* internal: back unbound pwqs with percpu pools */
/* BH wq only allows the following flags */
__WQ_BH_ALLOWS = WQ_BH | WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_PERCPU,
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index d17fdcaaf1685..df4fc9ccb7b22 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -5404,6 +5404,27 @@ static struct pool_workqueue *alloc_unbound_pwq(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
return pwq;
}
+/*
+ * Create a pwq backing @wq on @cpu with the static per-cpu pool instead of a
+ * dedicated unbound pool. Used by the unbound pwq machinery for a workqueue
+ * that requests the per-cpu backend.
+ */
+static struct pool_workqueue *alloc_percpu_pwq(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+ int cpu)
+{
+ struct worker_pool *pool = get_percpu_pool(wq, cpu);
+ struct pool_workqueue *pwq;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&wq_pool_mutex);
+
+ pwq = kmem_cache_alloc_node(pwq_cache, GFP_KERNEL, pool->node);
+ if (!pwq)
+ return NULL;
+
+ init_pwq(pwq, wq, pool);
+ return pwq;
+}
+
/**
* wq_calc_pod_cpumask - calculate a wq_attrs' cpumask for a pod
* @attrs: the wq_attrs of the default pwq of the target workqueue
@@ -5643,6 +5664,17 @@ static void unbound_wq_update_pwq(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int cpu)
if (!(wq->flags & WQ_UNBOUND) || wq->unbound_attrs->ordered)
return;
+ if (wq->flags & __WQ_PERCPU_POOLS) {
+ /* nothing to do if @cpu is already backed by its per-cpu pool */
+ if (is_pool_cpu_specific(unbound_pwq(wq, cpu)->pool))
+ return;
+
+ pwq = alloc_percpu_pwq(wq, cpu);
+ if (!pwq)
+ goto use_dfl_pwq;
+ goto install;
+ }
+
/*
* We don't wanna alloc/free wq_attrs for each wq for each CPU.
* Let's use a preallocated one. The following buf is protected by
@@ -5666,6 +5698,7 @@ static void unbound_wq_update_pwq(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int cpu)
goto use_dfl_pwq;
}
+install:
/* Install the new pwq. */
mutex_lock(&wq->mutex);
old_pwq = install_unbound_pwq(wq, cpu, pwq);
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-31 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-31 11:57 [PATCH 0/6] workqueue: base pwq pool release and nr_active on the backing pool Breno Leitao
2026-07-31 11:57 ` [PATCH 1/6] workqueue: factor out get_percpu_pool() Breno Leitao
2026-07-31 11:57 ` [PATCH 2/6] workqueue: factor out alloc_and_link_percpu_pwqs() Breno Leitao
2026-07-31 11:57 ` [PATCH 3/6] workqueue: release pwq pools by pool type Breno Leitao
2026-08-03 0:31 ` Tejun Heo
2026-08-03 14:02 ` Breno Leitao
2026-08-03 16:50 ` Tejun Heo
2026-07-31 11:57 ` [PATCH 4/6] workqueue: account nr_active by the backing pool Breno Leitao
2026-08-03 0:34 ` Tejun Heo
2026-08-03 14:19 ` Breno Leitao
2026-07-31 11:57 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-08-03 0:36 ` [PATCH 5/6] workqueue: add a per-cpu backend for unbound pwqs Tejun Heo
2026-08-03 16:35 ` Breno Leitao
2026-08-03 16:58 ` Tejun Heo
2026-07-31 11:57 ` [PATCH 6/6] workqueue: install per-cpu pwqs at creation for __WQ_PERCPU_POOLS Breno Leitao
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