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2012-07-13workqueue: reimplement WQ_HIGHPRI using a separate worker_poolTejun Heo
WQ_HIGHPRI was implemented by queueing highpri work items at the head of the global worklist. Other than queueing at the head, they weren't handled differently; unfortunately, this could lead to execution latency of a few seconds on heavily loaded systems. Now that workqueue code has been updated to deal with multiple worker_pools per global_cwq, this patch reimplements WQ_HIGHPRI using a separate worker_pool. NR_WORKER_POOLS is bumped to two and gcwq->pools[0] is used for normal pri work items and ->pools[1] for highpri. Highpri workers get -20 nice level and has 'H' suffix in their names. Note that this change increases the number of kworkers per cpu. POOL_HIGHPRI_PENDING, pool_determine_ins_pos() and highpri chain wakeup code in process_one_work() are no longer used and removed. This allows proper prioritization of highpri work items and removes high execution latency of highpri work items. v2: nr_running indexing bug in get_pool_nr_running() fixed. v3: Refreshed for the get_pool_nr_running() update in the previous patch. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Josh Hunt <joshhunt00@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <CAKA=qzaHqwZ8eqpLNFjxnO2fX-tgAOjmpvxgBFjv6dJeQaOW1w@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
2011-03-31workqueue: Document debugging tricksFlorian Mickler
It is not obvious how to debug run-away workers. These are some tips given by Tejun on lkml. Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2011-02-16workqueue, freezer: unify spelling of 'freeze' + 'able' to 'freezable'Tejun Heo
There are two spellings in use for 'freeze' + 'able' - 'freezable' and 'freezeable'. The former is the more prominent one. The latter is mostly used by workqueue and in a few other odd places. Unify the spelling to 'freezable'. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2010-10-11workqueue: add and use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flagTejun Heo
Add WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag which currently maps to WQ_RESCUER, mark WQ_RESCUER as internal and replace all external WQ_RESCUER usages to WQ_MEM_RECLAIM. This makes the API users express the intent of the workqueue instead of indicating the internal mechanism used to guarantee forward progress. This is also to make it cleaner to add more semantics to WQ_MEM_RECLAIM. For example, if deemed necessary, memory reclaim workqueues can be made highpri. This patch doesn't introduce any functional change. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2010-09-13workqueue: add documentationTejun Heo
Update copyright notice and add Documentation/workqueue.txt. Randy Dunlap, Dave Chinner: misc fixes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-By: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>