Since workqueues are created per CPU, the works scheduled to this workqueues are run on the CPU they were assigned. It may result in overloaded CPU that is not able to handle virtchnl messages in relatively short time. Allocating workqueue with WQ_UNBOUND and WQ_HIGHPRI flags allows scheduler to queue virtchl messages on less loaded CPUs, what eliminates delays.
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Milena Olech <[email protected]> Tested-by: Samuel Salin <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c index bec4a02c5373..1284ab2adaf1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_main.c @@ -198,9 +198,8 @@ static int idpf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) goto err_serv_wq_alloc; } - adapter->mbx_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s-%s-mbx", - WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0, - dev_driver_string(dev), + adapter->mbx_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s-%s-mbx", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI, + 0, dev_driver_string(dev), dev_name(dev)); if (!adapter->mbx_wq) { dev_err(dev, "Failed to allocate mailbox workqueue\n"); -- 2.43.5
