linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCHSET] workqueue: implement concurrency managed workqueue

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Message-ID: <20091001090137.GE15345@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:01:37 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	jeff@...zik.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	cl@...ux-foundation.org, dhowells@...hat.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHSET] workqueue: implement concurrency managed
	workqueue


* Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 01 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > My main worry is that in practice workqueues arent all that performance 
> > critical - so we are shooting to optimize something that doesnt 
> > necessarily use all the potential goodness inherent in this approach.
> 
> Well, the main problem with the current code is that per-cpu 
> workqueues are way abused. I don't look at this patchset from a 
> performance point of view, but rather a way to limit this huge number 
> of idle and pointless threads. [...]

I do look at it as a potentially (and primarily) big performance feature 
- if only it was utilized in a place where the performance aspect 
mattered.

Sure, the memory savings are nice too.

	Ingo
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