Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] workqueue: doc: Add a note saturating the system_wq is not permitted

[Chen Ridong]

On 2024/9/30 20:50, Michal Koutný wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 04:08:26PM GMT, Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How about:
> > Note: If something may generate works frequently, it may saturate the
> > system_wq and potentially lead to deadlock. It should utilize its own
> > dedicated workqueue rather than system wq.
>
> It doesn't depend only on generating frequency (in Tetsuo's example with
> slow works, the "high" would only be 256/s) and accurate information is
> likely only empirical, thus I'd refine it further:
>
> > Note: If something may generate more than @max_active outstanding
> > work items (do stress test your producers), it may saturate a system
> > wq and potentially lead to deadlock. It should utilize its own
> > dedicated workqueue rather than the system wq.
>
> (besides @max_active reference, I also changed generic system_wq to
> system wq as the surrounding text seems to refer to any of the
> system_*wq)
>
> Michal

Thank you, Michal.
I took a week off.
I will update soon.

Best regards,
Ridong.