linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] umh: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl

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Message-ID: <CAAofZF5JMQP4wdcv4YNRWcBBhcSJUyi-gZmXSexL-XOQDjCX=A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:18:20 +0100
From: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@...e.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: 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>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] umh: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq

On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM Marco Crivellari
<marco.crivellari@...e.com> wrote:
> [...]
> ---
>  kernel/umh.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/umh.c b/kernel/umh.c
> index b4da45a3a7cf..cda899327952 100644
> --- a/kernel/umh.c
> +++ b/kernel/umh.c
> @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *sub_info, int wait)
>         sub_info->complete = (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT) ? NULL : &done;
>         sub_info->wait = wait;
>
> -       queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &sub_info->work);
> +       queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &sub_info->work);
>         if (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT)        /* task has freed sub_info */
>                 goto unlock;

Gentle ping.

Thanks!


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Marco Crivellari

L3 Support Engineer