Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] workqueue: Make alloc_workqueue() unbound by default

From: Tejun Heo

Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 18:19:59 EST


Hello, Marco.

Can we hold off on the next tree-wide sweep until we settle the direction
on the percpu/unbound unification? The change itself is behavior-neutral
and dropping WQ_UNBOUND eventually makes sense, so no objection to the
goal, I'd just rather not do another mass conversion before that's
resolved.

As for the patch, why not start by just defaulting to WQ_UNBOUND when
neither flag is specified, instead of inverting all the internal tests
now?

Thanks.

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tejun