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charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=E2=80=99re 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=E2=80=99t explicitly specify WQ_UNB= OUND must now use WQ_PERCPU. Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will become the implicit default. CC: Yishai Hadas Suggested-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari --- drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/c= m.c index 12b481d138cf..03aacd526860 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cm.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cm.c @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ void mlx4_ib_cm_paravirt_clean(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev,= int slave) =20 int mlx4_ib_cm_init(void) { - cm_wq =3D alloc_workqueue("mlx4_ib_cm", 0, 0); + cm_wq =3D alloc_workqueue("mlx4_ib_cm", WQ_PERCPU, 0); if (!cm_wq) return -ENOMEM; =20 --=20 2.51.0