From 7bd20b6b87183db2ebf789bcf9d0aa6d06a0defb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcelo Tosatti Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:54:39 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] workqueue: mark power efficient workqueue as unbounded if nohz_full enabled A customer using nohz_full has experienced the following interruption: oslat-1004510 [018] timer_cancel: timer=0xffff90a7ca663cf8 oslat-1004510 [018] timer_expire_entry: timer=0xffff90a7ca663cf8 function=delayed_work_timer_fn now=4709188240 baseclk=4709188240 oslat-1004510 [018] workqueue_queue_work: work struct=0xffff90a7ca663cd8 function=fb_flashcursor workqueue=events_power_efficient req_cpu=8192 cpu=18 oslat-1004510 [018] workqueue_activate_work: work struct 0xffff90a7ca663cd8 oslat-1004510 [018] sched_wakeup: kworker/18:1:326 [120] CPU:018 oslat-1004510 [018] timer_expire_exit: timer=0xffff90a7ca663cf8 oslat-1004510 [018] irq_work_entry: vector=246 oslat-1004510 [018] irq_work_exit: vector=246 oslat-1004510 [018] tick_stop: success=0 dependency=SCHED oslat-1004510 [018] hrtimer_start: hrtimer=0xffff90a70009cb00 function=tick_sched_timer/0x0 ... oslat-1004510 [018] softirq_exit: vec=1 [action=TIMER] oslat-1004510 [018] softirq_entry: vec=7 [action=SCHED] oslat-1004510 [018] softirq_exit: vec=7 [action=SCHED] oslat-1004510 [018] tick_stop: success=0 dependency=SCHED oslat-1004510 [018] sched_switch: oslat:1004510 [120] R ==> kworker/18:1:326 [120] kworker/18:1-326 [018] workqueue_execute_start: work struct 0xffff90a7ca663cd8: function fb_flashcursor kworker/18:1-326 [018] workqueue_queue_work: work struct=0xffff9078f119eed0 function=drm_fb_helper_damage_work workqueue=events req_cpu=8192 cpu=18 kworker/18:1-326 [018] workqueue_activate_work: work struct 0xffff9078f119eed0 kworker/18:1-326 [018] timer_start: timer=0xffff90a7ca663cf8 function=delayed_work_timer_fn ... Set wq_power_efficient to true, in case nohz_full is enabled. This makes the power efficient workqueue be unbounded, which allows workqueue items there to be moved to HK CPUs. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo --- kernel/workqueue.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index aec3efbaaf934..8ca65665efe96 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -6638,6 +6638,13 @@ void __init workqueue_init_early(void) wq_update_pod_attrs_buf = alloc_workqueue_attrs(); BUG_ON(!wq_update_pod_attrs_buf); + /* + * If nohz_full is enabled, set power efficient workqueue as unbound. + * This allows workqueue items to be moved to HK CPUs. + */ + if (housekeeping_enabled(HK_TYPE_TICK)) + wq_power_efficient = true; + /* initialize WQ_AFFN_SYSTEM pods */ pt->pod_cpus = kcalloc(1, sizeof(pt->pod_cpus[0]), GFP_KERNEL); pt->pod_node = kcalloc(1, sizeof(pt->pod_node[0]), GFP_KERNEL); -- 2.30.2