From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/nouveau: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:58:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <32a383db-6dde-4c4c-b6b0-9d728b20b949@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251031102020.95349-2-marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Am 31.10.25 um 11:20 schrieb Marco Crivellari:
> 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 consistency cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
>
> system_unbound_wq should be the default workqueue so as not to enforce
> locality constraints for random work whenever it's not required.
>
> Adding system_dfl_wq to encourage its use when unbound work should be used.
>
> The old system_unbound_wq will be kept for a few release cycles.
>
> Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
> index e97e39abf3a2..50b7aade5f0a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
> @@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ nv50_disp_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
> pm_runtime_get_noresume(dev->dev);
>
> if (nonblock)
> - queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &state->commit_work);
> + queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &state->commit_work);
> else
> nv50_disp_atomic_commit_tail(state);
>
--
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-28 8:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-31 10:20 [PATCH 0/2] replaced old wq name, added WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue Marco Crivellari
2025-10-31 10:20 ` [PATCH 1/2] drm/nouveau: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq Marco Crivellari
2026-04-28 8:58 ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]
2025-10-31 10:20 ` [PATCH 2/2] drm/nouveau: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users Marco Crivellari
2025-12-02 13:20 ` [PATCH 0/2] replaced old wq name, added WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue Marco Crivellari
2026-02-04 10:35 ` Marco Crivellari
2026-03-05 15:10 ` Marco Crivellari
2026-03-31 10:16 ` Marco Crivellari
2026-04-09 9:59 ` Marco Crivellari
2026-04-28 10:59 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-04-28 11:19 ` Marco Crivellari
2026-04-28 14:12 ` Danilo Krummrich
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