[PATCH 4/5] ACPI: OSL: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users

From: Marco Crivellari

Date: Thu Oct 30 2025 - 11:47:58 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.

alloc_workqueue() treats all queues as per-CPU by default, while unbound
workqueues must opt-in via WQ_UNBOUND.

This default is suboptimal: most workloads benefit from unbound queues,
allowing the scheduler to place worker threads where they’re needed and
reducing noise when CPUs are isolated.

This change adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to explicitly request
alloc_workqueue() to be per-cpu when WQ_UNBOUND has not been specified.

With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND),
any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND
must now use WQ_PERCPU.

Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit default.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/osl.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index a79a5d47bdb8..05393a7315fe 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -1694,8 +1694,8 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_os_initialize(void)

acpi_status __init acpi_os_initialize1(void)
{
- kacpid_wq = alloc_workqueue("kacpid", 0, 1);
- kacpi_notify_wq = alloc_workqueue("kacpi_notify", 0, 0);
+ kacpid_wq = alloc_workqueue("kacpid", WQ_PERCPU, 1);
+ kacpi_notify_wq = alloc_workqueue("kacpi_notify", WQ_PERCPU, 0);
kacpi_hotplug_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("kacpi_hotplug", 0);
BUG_ON(!kacpid_wq);
BUG_ON(!kacpi_notify_wq);
--
2.51.0