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Message-ID: <20110108163733.GD13269@mtj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:37:33 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Screwing with the concurrency limit

On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 11:18:40AM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> workqueue_set_max_active() would need a bit update to make it behave
> under such dynamic usage (so that it returns the original max_active
> after applying the new one and kicks the delayed work items when
> max_active gets increased) but if that sounds like a plan which could
> work, I'll be happy to update it.

So, something like the following.  It's only compile tested but the
idea is to update workqueue_set_max_active() such that

* If 0 is specified as the new @max_active, the default concurrency
  level is used.

* The old max_active is returned so that it can be restored later.

* When max_active changes, if it becomes higher, the delayed work
  items will be activated immediately.


diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 0c0771f..bea79ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ extern bool flush_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *dwork);
 extern bool flush_delayed_work_sync(struct delayed_work *work);
 extern bool cancel_delayed_work_sync(struct delayed_work *dwork);
 
-extern void workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
-				     int max_active);
+extern int workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+				    int max_active);
 extern bool workqueue_congested(unsigned int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq);
 extern unsigned int work_cpu(struct work_struct *work);
 extern unsigned int work_busy(struct work_struct *work);
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index e785b0f..0a45072 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2814,11 +2814,13 @@ static void free_cwqs(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 	}
 }
 
-static int wq_clamp_max_active(int max_active, unsigned int flags,
-			       const char *name)
+static int wq_determine_max_active(int max_active, unsigned int flags,
+				   const char *name)
 {
 	int lim = flags & WQ_UNBOUND ? WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE : WQ_MAX_ACTIVE;
 
+	max_active = max_active ?: WQ_DFL_ACTIVE;
+
 	if (max_active < 1 || max_active > lim)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "workqueue: max_active %d requested for %s "
 		       "is out of range, clamping between %d and %d\n",
@@ -2827,6 +2829,15 @@ static int wq_clamp_max_active(int max_active, unsigned int flags,
 	return clamp_val(max_active, 1, lim);
 }
 
+static void cwq_set_max_active(struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq, int max_active)
+{
+	cwq->max_active = max_active;
+
+	while (!list_empty(&cwq->delayed_works) &&
+	       cwq->nr_active < cwq->max_active)
+		cwq_activate_first_delayed(cwq);
+}
+
 struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *name,
 					       unsigned int flags,
 					       int max_active,
@@ -2850,8 +2861,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *name,
 	if (flags & WQ_UNBOUND)
 		flags |= WQ_HIGHPRI;
 
-	max_active = max_active ?: WQ_DFL_ACTIVE;
-	max_active = wq_clamp_max_active(max_active, flags, name);
+	max_active = wq_determine_max_active(max_active, flags, name);
 
 	wq = kzalloc(sizeof(*wq), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!wq)
@@ -2879,8 +2889,8 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *name,
 		cwq->gcwq = gcwq;
 		cwq->wq = wq;
 		cwq->flush_color = -1;
-		cwq->max_active = max_active;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cwq->delayed_works);
+		cwq_set_max_active(cwq, max_active);
 	}
 
 	if (flags & WQ_RESCUER) {
@@ -2910,7 +2920,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *name,
 
 	if (workqueue_freezing && wq->flags & WQ_FREEZEABLE)
 		for_each_cwq_cpu(cpu, wq)
-			get_cwq(cpu, wq)->max_active = 0;
+			cwq_set_max_active(get_cwq(cpu, wq), 0);
 
 	list_add(&wq->list, &workqueues);
 
@@ -2981,29 +2991,31 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(destroy_workqueue);
  * CONTEXT:
  * Don't call from IRQ context.
  */
-void workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int max_active)
+int workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int max_active)
 {
+	int old_max_active;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
-	max_active = wq_clamp_max_active(max_active, wq->flags, wq->name);
+	max_active = wq_determine_max_active(max_active, wq->flags, wq->name);
 
 	spin_lock(&workqueue_lock);
 
+	old_max_active = wq->saved_max_active;
 	wq->saved_max_active = max_active;
 
 	for_each_cwq_cpu(cpu, wq) {
 		struct global_cwq *gcwq = get_gcwq(cpu);
+		struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = get_cwq(gcwq->cpu, wq);
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
-
-		if (!(wq->flags & WQ_FREEZEABLE) ||
-		    !(gcwq->flags & GCWQ_FREEZING))
-			get_cwq(gcwq->cpu, wq)->max_active = max_active;
-
+		if (cwq->max_active)
+			cwq_set_max_active(cwq, max_active);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&workqueue_lock);
+
+	return old_max_active;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(workqueue_set_max_active);
 
@@ -3533,7 +3545,7 @@ void freeze_workqueues_begin(void)
 			struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = get_cwq(cpu, wq);
 
 			if (cwq && wq->flags & WQ_FREEZEABLE)
-				cwq->max_active = 0;
+				cwq_set_max_active(cwq, 0);
 		}
 
 		spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
@@ -3622,11 +3634,7 @@ void thaw_workqueues(void)
 				continue;
 
 			/* restore max_active and repopulate worklist */
-			cwq->max_active = wq->saved_max_active;
-
-			while (!list_empty(&cwq->delayed_works) &&
-			       cwq->nr_active < cwq->max_active)
-				cwq_activate_first_delayed(cwq);
+			cwq_set_max_active(cwq, wq->saved_max_active);
 		}
 
 		wake_up_worker(gcwq);
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