linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] replace system_wq with system_percpu_wq, added WQ_PERCPU to alloc

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Message-ID: <CAAofZF5do1HHSRP438d5-D+_1-z1x8s8Q-_eZiUpDu6Tx-0K6g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 14:55:57 +0100
From: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@...e.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] replace system_wq with system_percpu_wq, added
 WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue

Hi Dmitry,

On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> So neither of these 4 need percpu workqueue and instead are fine to use
> "whatever is free". Maybe we can switch them to use unbound workqueues
> instead?

Sure, I will send the v2 with the unbound workqueue.

Thanks!

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Marco Crivellari

L3 Support Engineer, Technology & Product