From c9ff3637386c6eb72eac55a8b4c9a4972215dbcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marco Crivellari Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:30:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] PM: WQ_UNBOUND added to pm_wq workqueue MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 add the WQ_UNBOUND flag to pm_wq, to make explicit this workqueue can be unbound and that it does not benefit from per-cpu work. Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will become the implicit default. Suggested-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- kernel/power/main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c index 3cf2d7e72567e..33a47ed15994f 100644 --- a/kernel/power/main.c +++ b/kernel/power/main.c @@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_wq); static int __init pm_start_workqueue(void) { - pm_wq = alloc_workqueue("pm", WQ_FREEZABLE, 0); + pm_wq = alloc_workqueue("pm", WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_UNBOUND, 0); return pm_wq ? 0 : -ENOMEM; } -- 2.47.3