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Merge branch 'for-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq

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Pull workqueue changes from Tejun Heo:
 "Surprisingly, Lai and I didn't break too many things implementing
  custom pools and stuff last time around and there aren't any follow-up
  changes necessary at this point.

  The only change in this pull request is Viresh's patches to make some
  per-cpu workqueues to behave as unbound workqueues dependent on a boot
  param whose default can be configured via a config option.  This leads
  to higher processing overhead / lower bandwidth as more work items are
  bounced across CPUs; however, it can lead to noticeable powersave in
  certain configurations - ~10% w/ idlish constant workload on a
  big.LITTLE configuration according to Viresh.

  This is because per-cpu workqueues interfere with how the scheduler
  perceives whether or not each CPU is idle by forcing pinned tasks on
  them, which makes the scheduler's power-aware scheduling decisions
  less effective.

  Its effectiveness is likely less pronounced on homogenous
  configurations and this type of optimization can probably be made
  automatic; however, the changes are pretty minimal and the affected
  workqueues are clearly marked, so it's an easy gain for some
  configurations for the time being with pretty unintrusive changes."

* 'for-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
  fbcon: queue work on power efficient wq
  block: queue work on power efficient wq
  PHYLIB: queue work on system_power_efficient_wq
  workqueue: Add system wide power_efficient workqueues
  workqueues: Introduce new flag WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT for power oriented workqueues
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Linus Torvalds
2013-07-02 19:53:30 -07:00
parent 13cc560138 a85f1a41f0
commit f317ff9eed
9 changed files with 113 additions and 12 deletions
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kernel/workqueue.c
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@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ static cpumask_var_t *wq_numa_possible_cpumask;
static bool wq_disable_numa;
module_param_named(disable_numa, wq_disable_numa, bool, 0444);
/* see the comment above the definition of WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT */
#ifdef CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT
static bool wq_power_efficient = true;
#else
static bool wq_power_efficient;
#endif
module_param_named(power_efficient, wq_power_efficient, bool, 0444);
static bool wq_numa_enabled; /* unbound NUMA affinity enabled */
/* buf for wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs(), protected by CPU hotplug exclusion */
@ -305,6 +314,10 @@ struct workqueue_struct *system_unbound_wq __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_unbound_wq);
struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_wq __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_freezable_wq);
struct workqueue_struct *system_power_efficient_wq __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_power_efficient_wq);
struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_power_efficient_wq __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq);
static int worker_thread(void *__worker);
static void copy_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_attrs *to,
@ -4086,6 +4099,10 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt,
struct workqueue_struct *wq;
struct pool_workqueue *pwq;
/* see the comment above the definition of WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT */
if ((flags & WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT) && wq_power_efficient)
flags |= WQ_UNBOUND;
/* allocate wq and format name */
if (flags & WQ_UNBOUND)
tbl_size = wq_numa_tbl_len * sizeof(wq->numa_pwq_tbl[0]);
@ -4985,8 +5002,15 @@ static int __init init_workqueues(void)
WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE);
system_freezable_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_freezable",
WQ_FREEZABLE, 0);
system_power_efficient_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_power_efficient",
WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT, 0);
system_freezable_power_efficient_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_freezable_power_efficient",
WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT,
0);
BUG_ON(!system_wq || !system_highpri_wq || !system_long_wq ||
!system_unbound_wq || !system_freezable_wq);
!system_unbound_wq || !system_freezable_wq ||
!system_power_efficient_wq ||
!system_freezable_power_efficient_wq);
return 0;
}
early_initcall(init_workqueues);