From patchwork Mon Jan 11 13:01:21 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Greg Kroah-Hartman X-Patchwork-Id: 360930 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-18.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER, INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EAFBC4332E for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:03:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A2762255F for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:03:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730281AbhAKNFT (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:05:19 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:52086 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730278AbhAKNFS (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:05:18 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BD96622B30; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:05:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1610370302; bh=p9SR4Nh5HhXsLkZqYn5NdqrC3cM8c+/QwiqEuZH0GXg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=yR4a4n2TQcPrE1Sc1I38NqAXphwcPZ8P2CqYDqWNoxMHB3ujVn/8IMT3+6P9u/iGl EkDpS2LsLQD44LP0oilox6jAixhIz6mB7xvhZlbkgwjFWwFBMonEjUUlivcRkte7NC 7kHzQI/Yw+JzDvkBJi47aZk9neliJ+F1NbwV0F9o= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Yunfeng Ye , Lai Jiangshan , Tejun Heo , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 4.14 02/57] workqueue: Kick a worker based on the actual activation of delayed works Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:01:21 +0100 Message-Id: <20210111130033.845382545@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.0 In-Reply-To: <20210111130033.715773309@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20210111130033.715773309@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org From: Yunfeng Ye [ Upstream commit 01341fbd0d8d4e717fc1231cdffe00343088ce0b ] In realtime scenario, We do not want to have interference on the isolated cpu cores. but when invoking alloc_workqueue() for percpu wq on the housekeeping cpu, it kick a kworker on the isolated cpu. alloc_workqueue pwq_adjust_max_active wake_up_worker The comment in pwq_adjust_max_active() said: "Need to kick a worker after thawed or an unbound wq's max_active is bumped" So it is unnecessary to kick a kworker for percpu's wq when invoking alloc_workqueue(). this patch only kick a worker based on the actual activation of delayed works. Signed-off-by: Yunfeng Ye Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- kernel/workqueue.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 18fae55713b0a..79fcec674485f 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -3494,17 +3494,24 @@ static void pwq_adjust_max_active(struct pool_workqueue *pwq) * is updated and visible. */ if (!freezable || !workqueue_freezing) { + bool kick = false; + pwq->max_active = wq->saved_max_active; while (!list_empty(&pwq->delayed_works) && - pwq->nr_active < pwq->max_active) + pwq->nr_active < pwq->max_active) { pwq_activate_first_delayed(pwq); + kick = true; + } /* * Need to kick a worker after thawed or an unbound wq's - * max_active is bumped. It's a slow path. Do it always. + * max_active is bumped. In realtime scenarios, always kicking a + * worker will cause interference on the isolated cpu cores, so + * let's kick iff work items were activated. */ - wake_up_worker(pwq->pool); + if (kick) + wake_up_worker(pwq->pool); } else { pwq->max_active = 0; }