Re: [PATCH] workqueue: don't alloc_percpu for single workqueue

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Wed Jan 21 2009 - 20:06:19 EST


Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> allocating memory for every cpu for single workqueue is waste.
>
> good idea.
>
> One detail:
>
>> @@ -906,6 +907,13 @@ void destroy_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
>> const struct cpumask *cpu_map = wq_cpu_map(wq);
>> int cpu;
>>
>> + if (is_wq_single_threaded(wq)) {
>> + cleanup_workqueue_thread(wq->cpu_wq);
>> + kfree(wq->cpu_wq);
>> + kfree(wq);
>> + return;
>> + }
>> +
>> cpu_maps_update_begin();
>> spin_lock(&workqueue_lock);
>> list_del(&wq->list);
>
> Arent we forgetting to remove the workqueue from the &workqueues list in
> the new single-thread case?

Single-thread workqueue is not inserted into &workqueues list.

See also the single thread case in __create_workqueue_key():
.....
if (singlethread) {
cwq = wq->cpu_wq;
init_cpu_workqueue(wq, cwq);
err = create_workqueue_thread(cwq, singlethread_cpu);
start_workqueue_thread(cwq, -1);
}
.....

>
> Also, see the checkpatch output from kernel/workqueue.c - the warnings
> below are correct and should be cleaned up.
>
> Ingo
>
> WARNING: printk() should include KERN_ facility level
> #268: FILE: workqueue.c:268:
> + printk("%s: recursion depth exceeded: %d\n",
>
> ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
> #304: FILE: workqueue.c:304:
> +^I^I^I^I ^Itask_pid_nr(current));$
>
> ERROR: "foo* bar" should be "foo *bar"
> #555: FILE: workqueue.c:555:
> + struct timer_list* timer)
>
> ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
> #916: FILE: workqueue.c:916:
> + ^Icpu_maps_update_done();$
>
> kernel/workqueue.c has style problems, please review. If any of these errors
> are false positives report them to the maintainer, see
> CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
>
>
>


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