Re: [PATCH v2] workqueue: Kick a worker based on the actual activation of delayed works

[Tejun Heo]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 02:21:25PM +0800, Yunfeng Ye wrote:
> 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 <yeyunfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to wq/for-5.10-fixes w/ minor comment updates.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun