linux-kernel - Re: contention on pwq->pool->lock under heavy NFS workload

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Date:   Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:21:29 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Cc:     open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: contention on pwq->pool->lock under heavy NFS workload

On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 04:01:38PM +0000, Chuck Lever III wrote:
> Both wq_pool_mutex and copy_workqueue_attrs() are static, so having
> only apply_workqueue_attrs() is not yet enough to carry this off
> in workqueue consumers such as sunrpc.ko.
> 
> It looks like padata_setup_cpumasks() for example is holding the
> CPU read lock, but it doesn't take the wq_pool_mutex.
> apply_wqattrs_prepare() has a "lockdep_assert_held(&wq_pool_mutex);" .
> 
> I can wait for a v3 of this series so you can construct the public
> API the way you prefer.

Ah, indeed. That API isn't really useable right now. It's gonna be a while
before the affinity scope patches are applied. I'll fix up the apply
interface afterwards.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun