Re: [PATCH v2] RAS/CEC: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Nov 07 2025 - 08:00:53 EST
On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 12:24:54PM +0100, Marco Crivellari wrote:
> Currently if a user enqueues a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
> used workqueue 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 consistency cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
> For more details see the Link tag below.
>
> This continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which began with
> the introduction of new workqueues and a new alloc_workqueue flag in:
>
> commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq")
> commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag")
>
> Switch to using system_percpu_wq because system_wq is going away as part of
> a workqueue restructuring.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ras/cec.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied, thanks.
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