[PATCH] workqueue: Rename show_cpu_pool{s,}_hog{s,}() to reflect broadened scope

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 05:49:55 EST


show_cpu_pool_hog() and show_cpu_pools_hogs() no longer only dump CPU
hogs — since commit 8823eaef45da ("workqueue: Show all busy workers in
stall diagnostics"), they dump every in-flight worker in the pool's
busy_hash.

Rename them to show_cpu_pool_busy_workers() and
show_cpu_pools_busy_workers() to accurately describe what they do.

Also fix the pr_info() message to say "stalled worker pools" instead of
"stalled CPU-bound worker pools", since sleeping/blocked workers are now
included.

No functional change.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/workqueue.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 09b9ad78d566c..b77119d71641a 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -7587,7 +7587,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(panic_on_stall_time, "Panic if stall exceeds this many seconds
* wait_event_idle() with PF_WQ_WORKER cleared) can stall the pool just as
* effectively as a CPU-bound one, so dump every in-flight worker.
*/
-static void show_cpu_pool_hog(struct worker_pool *pool)
+static void show_cpu_pool_busy_workers(struct worker_pool *pool)
{
struct worker *worker;
unsigned long irq_flags;
@@ -7612,18 +7612,18 @@ static void show_cpu_pool_hog(struct worker_pool *pool)
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, irq_flags);
}

-static void show_cpu_pools_hogs(void)
+static void show_cpu_pools_busy_workers(void)
{
struct worker_pool *pool;
int pi;

- pr_info("Showing backtraces of busy workers in stalled CPU-bound worker pools:\n");
+ pr_info("Showing backtraces of busy workers in stalled worker pools:\n");

rcu_read_lock();

for_each_pool(pool, pi) {
if (pool->cpu_stall)
- show_cpu_pool_hog(pool);
+ show_cpu_pool_busy_workers(pool);

}

@@ -7720,7 +7720,7 @@ static void wq_watchdog_timer_fn(struct timer_list *unused)
show_all_workqueues();

if (cpu_pool_stall)
- show_cpu_pools_hogs();
+ show_cpu_pools_busy_workers();

if (lockup_detected)
panic_on_wq_watchdog(max_stall_time);

---
base-commit: 9e83d5104a70d8545bad61a77e166190d9447e1d
change-id: 20260306-wq_rename-6494080fb54c

Best regards,
--
Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>