[PATCH 1/4] workqueue: Use TASK_IDLE
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Aug 23 2017 - 08:18:33 EST
Workqueues don't use signals, it (ab)uses TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE to avoid
increasing the loadavg numbers. We've 'recently' introduced TASK_IDLE
for this case:
80ed87c8a9ca ("sched/wait: Introduce TASK_NOLOAD and TASK_IDLE")
use it.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__worker)
* event.
*/
worker_enter_idle(worker);
- __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ __set_current_state(TASK_IDLE);
spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
schedule();
goto woke_up;
@@ -2291,7 +2291,7 @@ static int rescuer_thread(void *__rescue
*/
rescuer->task->flags |= PF_WQ_WORKER;
repeat:
- set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ set_current_state(TASK_IDLE);
/*
* By the time the rescuer is requested to stop, the workqueue