From: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mm: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 11:03:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250905090323.103401-2-marco.crivellari@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250905090323.103401-1-marco.crivellari@suse.com>
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.
queue_work() / queue_delayed_work() / mod_delayed_work() will now use the
new unbound wq: whether the user still use the old wq a warn will be
printed along with a wq redirect to the new one.
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>
---
mm/backing-dev.c | 2 +-
mm/kfence/core.c | 6 +++---
mm/memcontrol.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 783904d8c5ef..e9f9fdcfe052 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ void wb_memcg_offline(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
memcg_cgwb_list->next = NULL; /* prevent new wb's */
spin_unlock_irq(&cgwb_lock);
- queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &cleanup_offline_cgwbs_work);
+ queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &cleanup_offline_cgwbs_work);
}
/**
diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
index 102048821c22..f26d87d59296 100644
--- a/mm/kfence/core.c
+++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static void toggle_allocation_gate(struct work_struct *work)
/* Disable static key and reset timer. */
static_branch_disable(&kfence_allocation_key);
#endif
- queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &kfence_timer,
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_wq, &kfence_timer,
msecs_to_jiffies(kfence_sample_interval));
}
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static void kfence_init_enable(void)
atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &kfence_check_canary_notifier);
WRITE_ONCE(kfence_enabled, true);
- queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &kfence_timer, 0);
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_wq, &kfence_timer, 0);
pr_info("initialized - using %lu bytes for %d objects at 0x%p-0x%p\n", KFENCE_POOL_SIZE,
CONFIG_KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS, (void *)__kfence_pool,
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static int kfence_enable_late(void)
return kfence_init_late();
WRITE_ONCE(kfence_enabled, true);
- queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &kfence_timer, 0);
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_wq, &kfence_timer, 0);
pr_info("re-enabled\n");
return 0;
}
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 421740f1bcdc..c2944bc83378 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static void flush_memcg_stats_dwork(struct work_struct *w)
* in latency-sensitive paths is as cheap as possible.
*/
__mem_cgroup_flush_stats(root_mem_cgroup, true);
- queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &stats_flush_dwork, FLUSH_TIME);
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_wq, &stats_flush_dwork, FLUSH_TIME);
}
unsigned long memcg_page_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int idx)
@@ -3732,7 +3732,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
goto offline_kmem;
if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg)) && !mem_cgroup_disabled())
- queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &stats_flush_dwork,
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_wq, &stats_flush_dwork,
FLUSH_TIME);
lru_gen_online_memcg(memcg);
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-05 9:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-05 9:03 [PATCH 0/3] mm: replace wq users and add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue() users Marco Crivellari
2025-09-05 9:03 ` Marco Crivellari [this message]
2025-09-05 9:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] mm: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq Marco Crivellari
2025-09-05 9:03 ` [PATCH 3/3] mm: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users Marco Crivellari
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