Re: [PATCH 0/4] Workqueue: replace system wq and change alloc_workqueue callers

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Aug 20 2025 - 19:19:53 EST


Hello,

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 02:28:12PM +0200, Marco Crivellari wrote:
> Sorry for another email.
>
> Another question / observation: I guess maintainers can't just pull
> the changes and merge for the next release, if the workqueue changes
> (e.g. changes in queue_work() etc) are not also merged, right?
>
> I received a reply here, in the meantime, in "Workqueue: fs: replace
> use of system_wq and add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users"
> (https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg5811817.html).

I can prepare a branch that fs can pull but aren't all the prerequisites
already in the master branch from the last cycle?

Thanks.

--
tejun