tmp_attrs is just temporary attrs, we can use wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs_buf
for it like wq_update_unbound_numa();

This change also avoids frequently alloc/free the tmp_attrs when
the low level cpumask is being updated.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/workqueue.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 61f8ace..6426d6e 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ module_param_named(power_efficient, wq_power_efficient, 
bool, 0444);
 
 static bool wq_numa_enabled;           /* unbound NUMA affinity enabled */
 
-/* buf for wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs(), protected by CPU hotplug exclusion 
*/
+/* PL: buf for apply_wqattrs_prepare() and wq_update_unbound_numa() */
 static struct workqueue_attrs *wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs_buf;
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(wq_pool_mutex);    /* protects pools and workqueues list */
@@ -3561,11 +3561,16 @@ apply_wqattrs_prepare(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
                      GFP_KERNEL);
 
        new_attrs = alloc_workqueue_attrs(GFP_KERNEL);
-       tmp_attrs = alloc_workqueue_attrs(GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!ctx || !new_attrs || !tmp_attrs)
+       if (!ctx || !new_attrs)
                goto out_free;
 
        /*
+        * We don't need to alloc/free temporary attrs. Let's use a
+        * preallocated one.  The following buf is protected by wq_pool_mutex.
+        */
+       tmp_attrs = wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs_buf;
+
+       /*
         * Calculate the attrs of the default pwq.
         * If the user configured cpumask doesn't overlap with the
         * wq_unbound_cpumask, we fallback to the wq_unbound_cpumask.
@@ -3615,11 +3620,9 @@ apply_wqattrs_prepare(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
        ctx->attrs = new_attrs;
 
        ctx->wq = wq;
-       free_workqueue_attrs(tmp_attrs);
        return ctx;
 
 out_free:
-       free_workqueue_attrs(tmp_attrs);
        free_workqueue_attrs(new_attrs);
        apply_wqattrs_cleanup(ctx);
        return NULL;
@@ -3741,7 +3744,7 @@ static void wq_update_unbound_numa(struct 
workqueue_struct *wq, int cpu,
        /*
         * We don't wanna alloc/free wq_attrs for each wq for each CPU.
         * Let's use a preallocated one.  The following buf is protected by
-        * CPU hotplug exclusion.
+        * wq_pool_mutex.
         */
        target_attrs = wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs_buf;
        cpumask = target_attrs->cpumask;
-- 
2.1.0

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