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drm/i915: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
authorMarco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Tue, 4 Nov 2025 10:00:32 +0000 (11:00 +0100)
committerRodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Thu, 5 Mar 2026 18:58:23 +0000 (13:58 -0500)
commitc15d0056fb74d6a2efd7bb1d382305fbd8a93cd2
tree8287e0c66eed87a668ad8fae2bdecf1d42a1adfa
parent4fb289d352e316d79fbf0e5b513e3ad17c947ff7
drm/i915: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users

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’re 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’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND
must now use WQ_PERCPU.

This patch continues the effort to refactor worqueue APIs, which has
begun with the change introducing new workqueues:

commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag")

Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit default.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Karas <krzysztof.karas@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104100032.61525-4-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_driver.c
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_driver.c
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_sw_fence.c
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c