linux-kernel - nbd: please don't spawn 16 threads when nbd is not even in use

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Message-ID: <Y3y4+QqOlF00X9ET@duo.ucw.cz>
Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:56:41 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, josef@...icpanda.com,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, nbd@...er.debian.org
Subject: nbd: please don't spawn 16 threads when nbd is not even in use

Hi!

I see this... and it looks like there are 16 workqueues before nbd is
even used. Surely there are better ways to do that?

Best regards,
								Pavel

    257 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 nbd0-recv                                              
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    281 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 nbd8-recv                                              
    284 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 nbd9-recv                                              
    287 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 nbd10-recv                                             
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    299 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 nbd14-recv                                             
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