linux-kernel - [PATCH] kfence: unconditionally use unbound work queue

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Date:   Fri, 21 May 2021 13:16:30 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     elver@...gle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     glider@...gle.com, dvyukov@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kfence: unconditionally use unbound work queue

Unconditionally use unbound work queue, and not just if
wq_power_efficient is true. Because if the system is idle, KFENCE may
wait, and by being run on the unbound work queue, we permit the
scheduler to make better scheduling decisions and not require pinning
KFENCE to the same CPU upon waking up.

Fixes: 36f0b35d0894 ("kfence: use power-efficient work queue to run delayed work")
Reported-by: Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
---
 mm/kfence/core.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
index 4d21ac44d5d3..d7666ace9d2e 100644
--- a/mm/kfence/core.c
+++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static void toggle_allocation_gate(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* Disable static key and reset timer. */
 	static_branch_disable(&kfence_allocation_key);
 #endif
-	queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &kfence_timer,
+	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &kfence_timer,
 			   msecs_to_jiffies(kfence_sample_interval));
 }
 static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(kfence_timer, toggle_allocation_gate);
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ void __init kfence_init(void)
 	}
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(kfence_enabled, true);
-	queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &kfence_timer, 0);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &kfence_timer, 0);
 	pr_info("initialized - using %lu bytes for %d objects at 0x%p-0x%p\n", KFENCE_POOL_SIZE,
 		CONFIG_KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS, (void *)__kfence_pool,
 		(void *)(__kfence_pool + KFENCE_POOL_SIZE));
-- 
2.31.1.818.g46aad6cb9e-goog