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.
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>
---
rust/kernel/workqueue.rs | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
index f98bd02b838f..01e331a1f11b 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
@@ -667,11 +667,18 @@ pub fn system_long() -> &'static Queue {
/// Workers are not bound to any specific CPU, not concurrency managed, and all queued work items
/// are executed immediately as long as `max_active` limit is not reached and resources are
/// available.
+///
+/// Note: `system_unbound_wq` will be removed in a future release cycle. Use [`system_dfl_wq`] instead.
pub fn system_unbound() -> &'static Queue {
// SAFETY: `system_unbound_wq` is a C global, always available.
unsafe { Queue::from_raw(bindings::system_unbound_wq) }
}
+pub fn system_dfl() -> &'static Queue {
+ // SAFETY: `system_dfl_wq` is a C global, always available.
+ unsafe { Queue::from_raw(bindings::system_dfl_wq) }
+}
+
/// Returns the system freezable work queue (`system_freezable_wq`).
///
/// It is equivalent to the one returned by [`system`] except that it's freezable.
--
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