linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RAS/CEC: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu

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Message-ID: <20251105210800.GCaQu8sKCjZ9Xcq8-n@fat_crate.local>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 22:08:00 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@...e.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RAS/CEC: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq

On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 05:55:49PM +0100, Marco Crivellari wrote:
> The code is using system_wq, this is the per-cpu workqueue. This change will
> only replace system_wq with system_percpu_wq. So the behavior is the same as
> before.

What does that mean?

We're going away from system_wq in favor or system_percpu_wq? Or?

It is not clear to me what the issue is what the new correct way should be...

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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