linux/drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet
Marco Crivellari 27ce71e1ce net: WQ_PERCPU added 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 at the network subsystem, to explicitly
request the use of the per-CPU behavior. Both flags coexist for one release
cycle to allow callers to transition their calls.

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

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.

All existing users have been updated accordingly.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918142427.309519-4-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-09-22 17:40:30 -07:00
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Kconfig
Makefile
w5100-spi.c net: ethernet: wiznet: Use spi_get_device_match_data() 2023-10-13 10:05:49 +01:00
w5100.c net: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users 2025-09-22 17:40:30 -07:00
w5100.h net: w5100: Make w5100_remove() return void 2021-10-18 12:59:12 +01:00
w5300.c net: ethernet: Switch back to struct platform_driver::remove() 2024-10-04 16:39:56 -07:00