linux-kernel - [RESEND PATCH] fput: Use unbound workqueue for scheduling delayed fput works

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Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:11:12 +0800
From:   qiwuchen55@...il.com
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        chenqiwu <chenqiwu@...omi.com>
Subject: [RESEND PATCH] fput: Use unbound workqueue for scheduling delayed fput works

From: chenqiwu <chenqiwu@...omi.com>

There is a potential starvation that the number of delayed fput works
increase rapidly if task exit storm or fs unmount issue happens.

Since the delayed fput works are expected to be executed as soon as
possible. The commonly accepted wisdom that the measurements of scheduling
works via the unbound workqueue show lowered worst-case latency responses
of up to 5x over bound workqueue.

Work items queued to an unbound wq are not bound to any specific CPU, not
concurrency managed. All queued works are executed immediately as long as
max_active limit is not reached and resources are available.

Signed-off-by: chenqiwu <chenqiwu@...omi.com>
---
 fs/file_table.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 30d55c9..472ad92 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ void fput_many(struct file *file, unsigned int refs)
 		}

 		if (llist_add(&file->f_u.fu_llist, &delayed_fput_list))
-			schedule_delayed_work(&delayed_fput_work, 1);
+			queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq,
+					&delayed_fput_work, 1);
 	}
 }

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