linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 9/9] workqueue: Affine unbound workqueues to housekeeping cpumask

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:21:30 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 9/9] workqueue: Affine unbound workqueues to housekeeping cpumask

Although the unbound workqueue cpumask can be overriden through sysfs,
the housekeeping cpumask which drives the CPU isolation provides a
relevant default value.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/workqueue.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index a86688f..4303c06 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/housekeeping.h>
 
 #include "workqueue_internal.h"
 
@@ -5524,7 +5525,7 @@ int __init workqueue_init_early(void)
 	WARN_ON(__alignof__(struct pool_workqueue) < __alignof__(long long));
 
 	BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var(&wq_unbound_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL));
-	cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
+	cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, housekeeping_cpumask());
 
 	pwq_cache = KMEM_CACHE(pool_workqueue, SLAB_PANIC);
 
-- 
2.7.4