Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] Refactor the workqueue allocations

[Tejun Heo]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 09:22:50AM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
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> > 3) What end state are you aiming for? Keep WQ_PERCPU as a thin flag over
> >    unified internals (single install path, per-cpu accounting special-cased)
> >    with WQ_UNBOUND staying for now -- or something more radical (the flags gone
> >    entirely, percpu purely an affinity value)?
> 
> Keeping WQ_PERCPU as a shorthand for specifying the percpu scope makes sense
> to me.

Oh, and please note that if a workqueue specifies WQ_PERCPU, it should be
confined to strict cpu affinity mode.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun