Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtw89: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Mon Dec 22 2025 - 22:48:29 EST


Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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")
>
> The refactoring is going to alter the default behavior of
> alloc_workqueue() to be unbound by default.
>
> 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. For more details see the Link tag below.
>
> In order to keep alloc_workqueue() behavior identical, explicitly request
> WQ_PERCPU.
>
> Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@xxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks.

36f2deb2f55f wifi: rtw89: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users

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