netdev - Re: [PATCH V4 2/4] PHYLIB: queue work on unbound wq

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Message-Id: <20130331.124522.495583446567617837.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:45:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	viresh.kumar@...aro.org
Cc:	tj@...nel.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, patches@...aro.org,
	robin.randhawa@....com, Steve.Bannister@....com,
	Liviu.Dudau@....com, charles.garcia-tobin@....com,
	arvind.chauhan@....com, airlied@...hat.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
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	rostedt@...dmis.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/4] PHYLIB: queue work on unbound wq

From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:01:45 +0530

> Phylib uses workqueues for multiple purposes. There is no real dependency of
> scheduling these on the cpu which scheduled them.
> 
> On a idle system, it is observed that and idle cpu wakes up many times just to
> service this work. It would be better if we can schedule it on a cpu which the
> scheduler believes to be the most appropriate one.
> 
> This patch replaces system_wq with system_unbound_wq for PHYLIB.
> 
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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