Re: [PATCH] padata: use alignment when calculating the number of worker threads

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Fri Mar 10 2023 - 06:29:40 EST


Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For multithreaded jobs the computed chunk size is rounded up by the
> caller-specified alignment. However, the number of worker threads to
> use is computed using the minimum chunk size without taking alignment
> into account. A sufficiently large alignment value can result in too
> many worker threads being allocated for the job.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/padata.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Patch applied. Thanks.
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