ACPI: thermal: 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.

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>
[ rjw: Subject adjustment ]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251030154739.262582-6-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index 8537395b417b0fdc24dc8a1e28dd3e57aaa23cc4..a511f9ea02676de15e30141918f2b0cbe6649836 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -1060,7 +1060,8 @@ static int __init acpi_thermal_init(void)
        }
 
        acpi_thermal_pm_queue = alloc_workqueue("acpi_thermal_pm",
-                                               WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+                                               WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU,
+                                               0);
        if (!acpi_thermal_pm_queue)
                return -ENODEV;