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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: ying chen <yc1082463@gmail.com>
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, tj@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	laoar.shao@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: add workqueue.mayday_initial_timeout
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 02:55:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aRKll6BXZdW2I_Wq@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN2Y7hwttMyUn0qsEcSBbrQ1h+aSzNpHMhgAxEbqJZn4vf5hBw@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 10:52:44AM +0800, ying chen wrote:
> If creating a new worker takes longer than MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT,
> the rescuer thread will be woken up to process works scheduled on
> @pool, resulting in sequential execution of all works. This may lead
> to a situation where one work blocks others. However, the initial
> rescue timeout defaults to 10 milliseconds, which can easily be
> triggered in heavy-load environments.

Then we should tune it automatically, not blame the admin for not tuning
this parameter.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-11-11  2:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-11  2:52 ying chen
2025-11-11  2:55 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2025-11-11  7:19   ` ying chen
2025-11-11  8:00   ` Lai Jiangshan
2025-11-11 20:40 ` Tejun Heo
2025-11-12  2:01   ` ying chen
2025-11-12 16:03     ` Tejun Heo
2025-11-13  2:34       ` ying chen
2025-11-13 16:31         ` Tejun Heo
2025-11-13 15:50       ` Lai Jiangshan

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