[PATCH RFC 4/8] Set WQ_SYSFS on key NFS-related workqueues
From: Chuck Lever
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 18:56:39 EST
WQ_SYSFS exposes settable workqueue attributes under
/sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/. For NFS workloads, this is useful
for tuning affinity scope at runtime without reloading modules.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/inode.c | 3 ++-
net/sunrpc/sched.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 3022454f7698..107a2135029d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -2619,7 +2619,8 @@ static void nfsiod_stop(void)
static int nfsiod_start(void)
{
dprintk("RPC: creating workqueue nfsiod\n");
- nfsiod_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("nfsiod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
+ nfsiod_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("nfsiod",
+ WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_SYSFS, 0);
if (nfsiod_workqueue == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_LOCALIO)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 9b2800f6bfc7..c31cf55b933f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -1271,16 +1271,17 @@ void rpciod_down(void)
*/
static int rpciod_start(void)
{
+ const unsigned int wq_flags = WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_SYSFS;
struct workqueue_struct *wq;
/*
* Create the rpciod thread and wait for it to start.
*/
- wq = alloc_workqueue("rpciod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
+ wq = alloc_workqueue("rpciod", wq_flags, 0);
if (!wq)
goto out_failed;
rpciod_workqueue = wq;
- wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtiod", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+ wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtiod", wq_flags, 0);
if (!wq)
goto free_rpciod;
xprtiod_workqueue = wq;
--
2.55.0