[PATCH 2/3] devcoredump: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq

From: Marco Crivellari
Date: Fri Oct 24 2025 - 06:19:41 EST


Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.

This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.

system_wq should be the per-cpu workqueue, yet in this name nothing makes
that clear, so replace system_wq with system_percpu_wq.

The old wq (system_wq) will be kept for a few release cycles.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/devcoredump.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
index 37faf6156d7c..9596a27d00ce 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static ssize_t devcd_data_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex);
if (!devcd->delete_work) {
devcd->delete_work = true;
- mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &devcd->del_wk, 0);
+ mod_delayed_work(system_percpu_wq, &devcd->del_wk, 0);
}
mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex);

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