Hello, again.
On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 04:03:47PM +, Naohiro Aota wrote:
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> In summary, we misuse max_active, considering it is a global limit. And,
> the recent commit introduced a huge performance drop in some cases. We
> need to review alloc_workqueue() usage to check if its max_active
Recently, commit 636b927eba5b ("workqueue: Make unbound workqueues to use
per-cpu pool_workqueues") changed WQ_UNBOUND workqueue's behavior. It
changed the meaning of alloc_workqueue()'s max_active from an upper limit
imposed per NUMA node to a limit per CPU. As a result, massive number of
workers
Hello,
On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 04:03:47PM +, Naohiro Aota wrote:
> Recently, commit 636b927eba5b ("workqueue: Make unbound workqueues to use
> per-cpu pool_workqueues") changed WQ_UNBOUND workqueue's behavior. It
> changed the meaning of alloc_workqueue()'s max_active from an upper limit
>
