Re: [PATCHSET v1 wq/for-6.5] workqueue: Improve unbound workqueue execution locality

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 at 12:16, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I find that perplexing given that switching to a per-cpu workqueue remedies
> the situation quite a bit, which is how this patchset came to be. #3 is the
> same as per-cpu workqueue, so if you're seeing noticeably different
> performance numbers between #3 and per-cpu workqueue, there's something
> wrong with either the code or test setup.

Or maybe there's some silly thinko in the wq code that is hidden by
the percpu code.

For example, WQ_UNBOUND triggers a lot of other overhead at least on
wq allocation and free. Maybe some of that stuff then indirectly
affects workqueue execution even when strict cpu affinity is set.

Pin-Yen Li - can you do a system-wide profile of the two cases (the
percpu case vs the "strict cpu affinity" one), to see if something
stands out?

             Linus