Re: [PATCH 1/1] gpio: cdev: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM Marco Crivellari
<marco.crivellari@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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 consistency 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>

Looked over the similar changes to FS core etc. It makes sense.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij