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diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 8afab27cdbc2..594521ba0d43 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/lockdep.h>
#include <linux/threads.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
struct workqueue_struct;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ enum {
WORK_STRUCT_COLOR_BITS,
/* data contains off-queue information when !WORK_STRUCT_PWQ */
- WORK_OFFQ_FLAG_BASE = WORK_STRUCT_FLAG_BITS,
+ WORK_OFFQ_FLAG_BASE = WORK_STRUCT_COLOR_SHIFT,
WORK_OFFQ_CANCELING = (1 << WORK_OFFQ_FLAG_BASE),
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ enum {
/* bit mask for work_busy() return values */
WORK_BUSY_PENDING = 1 << 0,
WORK_BUSY_RUNNING = 1 << 1,
+
+ /* maximum string length for set_worker_desc() */
+ WORKER_DESC_LEN = 24,
};
struct work_struct {
@@ -115,6 +119,20 @@ struct delayed_work {
int cpu;
};
+/*
+ * A struct for workqueue attributes. This can be used to change
+ * attributes of an unbound workqueue.
+ *
+ * Unlike other fields, ->no_numa isn't a property of a worker_pool. It
+ * only modifies how apply_workqueue_attrs() select pools and thus doesn't
+ * participate in pool hash calculations or equality comparisons.
+ */
+struct workqueue_attrs {
+ int nice; /* nice level */
+ cpumask_var_t cpumask; /* allowed CPUs */
+ bool no_numa; /* disable NUMA affinity */
+};
+
static inline struct delayed_work *to_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
return container_of(work, struct delayed_work, work);
@@ -277,15 +295,48 @@ static inline unsigned int work_static(struct work_struct *work) { return 0; }
* Documentation/workqueue.txt.
*/
enum {
- WQ_NON_REENTRANT = 1 << 0, /* guarantee non-reentrance */
+ /*
+ * All wqs are now non-reentrant making the following flag
+ * meaningless. Will be removed.
+ */
+ WQ_NON_REENTRANT = 1 << 0, /* DEPRECATED */
+
WQ_UNBOUND = 1 << 1, /* not bound to any cpu */
WQ_FREEZABLE = 1 << 2, /* freeze during suspend */
WQ_MEM_RECLAIM = 1 << 3, /* may be used for memory reclaim */
WQ_HIGHPRI = 1 << 4, /* high priority */
WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE = 1 << 5, /* cpu instensive workqueue */
+ WQ_SYSFS = 1 << 6, /* visible in sysfs, see wq_sysfs_register() */
- WQ_DRAINING = 1 << 6, /* internal: workqueue is draining */
- WQ_RESCUER = 1 << 7, /* internal: workqueue has rescuer */
+ /*
+ * Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because they tend to
+ * show better performance thanks to cache locality. Per-cpu
+ * workqueues exclude the scheduler from choosing the CPU to
+ * execute the worker threads, which has an unfortunate side effect
+ * of increasing power consumption.
+ *
+ * The scheduler considers a CPU idle if it doesn't have any task
+ * to execute and tries to keep idle cores idle to conserve power;
+ * however, for example, a per-cpu work item scheduled from an
+ * interrupt handler on an idle CPU will force the scheduler to
+ * excute the work item on that CPU breaking the idleness, which in
+ * turn may lead to more scheduling choices which are sub-optimal
+ * in terms of power consumption.
+ *
+ * Workqueues marked with WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT are per-cpu by default
+ * but become unbound if workqueue.power_efficient kernel param is
+ * specified. Per-cpu workqueues which are identified to
+ * contribute significantly to power-consumption are identified and
+ * marked with this flag and enabling the power_efficient mode
+ * leads to noticeable power saving at the cost of small
+ * performance disadvantage.
+ *
+ * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1480396
+ */
+ WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT = 1 << 7,
+
+ __WQ_DRAINING = 1 << 16, /* internal: workqueue is draining */
+ __WQ_ORDERED = 1 << 17, /* internal: workqueue is ordered */
WQ_MAX_ACTIVE = 512, /* I like 512, better ideas? */
WQ_MAX_UNBOUND_PER_CPU = 4, /* 4 * #cpus for unbound wq */
@@ -314,11 +365,19 @@ enum {
*
* system_freezable_wq is equivalent to system_wq except that it's
* freezable.
+ *
+ * *_power_efficient_wq are inclined towards saving power and converted
+ * into WQ_UNBOUND variants if 'wq_power_efficient' is enabled; otherwise,
+ * they are same as their non-power-efficient counterparts - e.g.
+ * system_power_efficient_wq is identical to system_wq if
+ * 'wq_power_efficient' is disabled. See WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT for more info.
*/
extern struct workqueue_struct *system_wq;
extern struct workqueue_struct *system_long_wq;
extern struct workqueue_struct *system_unbound_wq;
extern struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_wq;
+extern struct workqueue_struct *system_power_efficient_wq;
+extern struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_power_efficient_wq;
static inline struct workqueue_struct * __deprecated __system_nrt_wq(void)
{
@@ -388,41 +447,35 @@ __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
* Pointer to the allocated workqueue on success, %NULL on failure.
*/
#define alloc_ordered_workqueue(fmt, flags, args...) \
- alloc_workqueue(fmt, WQ_UNBOUND | (flags), 1, ##args)
+ alloc_workqueue(fmt, WQ_UNBOUND | __WQ_ORDERED | (flags), 1, ##args)
#define create_workqueue(name) \
- alloc_workqueue((name), WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1)
+ alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1, (name))
#define create_freezable_workqueue(name) \
- alloc_workqueue((name), WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1)
+ alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, \
+ 1, (name))
#define create_singlethread_workqueue(name) \
- alloc_workqueue((name), WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1)
+ alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1, (name))
extern void destroy_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq);
+struct workqueue_attrs *alloc_workqueue_attrs(gfp_t gfp_mask);
+void free_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_attrs *attrs);
+int apply_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+ const struct workqueue_attrs *attrs);
+
extern bool queue_work_on(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
struct work_struct *work);
-extern bool queue_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, struct work_struct *work);
extern bool queue_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay);
-extern bool queue_delayed_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
- struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay);
extern bool mod_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
struct delayed_work *dwork, unsigned long delay);
-extern bool mod_delayed_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
- struct delayed_work *dwork, unsigned long delay);
extern void flush_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq);
extern void drain_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq);
extern void flush_scheduled_work(void);
-extern bool schedule_work_on(int cpu, struct work_struct *work);
-extern bool schedule_work(struct work_struct *work);
-extern bool schedule_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct delayed_work *work,
- unsigned long delay);
-extern bool schedule_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *work,
- unsigned long delay);
extern int schedule_on_each_cpu(work_func_t func);
-extern int keventd_up(void);
int execute_in_process_context(work_func_t fn, struct execute_work *);
@@ -435,8 +488,122 @@ extern bool cancel_delayed_work_sync(struct delayed_work *dwork);
extern void workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
int max_active);
-extern bool workqueue_congested(unsigned int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq);
+extern bool current_is_workqueue_rescuer(void);
+extern bool workqueue_congested(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq);
extern unsigned int work_busy(struct work_struct *work);
+extern __printf(1, 2) void set_worker_desc(const char *fmt, ...);
+extern void print_worker_info(const char *log_lvl, struct task_struct *task);
+
+/**
+ * queue_work - queue work on a workqueue
+ * @wq: workqueue to use
+ * @work: work to queue
+ *
+ * Returns %false if @work was already on a queue, %true otherwise.
+ *
+ * We queue the work to the CPU on which it was submitted, but if the CPU dies
+ * it can be processed by another CPU.
+ */
+static inline bool queue_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+ struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ return queue_work_on(WORK_CPU_UNBOUND, wq, work);
+}
+
+/**
+ * queue_delayed_work - queue work on a workqueue after delay
+ * @wq: workqueue to use
+ * @dwork: delayable work to queue
+ * @delay: number of jiffies to wait before queueing
+ *
+ * Equivalent to queue_delayed_work_on() but tries to use the local CPU.
+ */
+static inline bool queue_delayed_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+ struct delayed_work *dwork,
+ unsigned long delay)
+{
+ return queue_delayed_work_on(WORK_CPU_UNBOUND, wq, dwork, delay);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mod_delayed_work - modify delay of or queue a delayed work
+ * @wq: workqueue to use
+ * @dwork: work to queue
+ * @delay: number of jiffies to wait before queueing
+ *
+ * mod_delayed_work_on() on local CPU.
+ */
+static inline bool mod_delayed_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+ struct delayed_work *dwork,
+ unsigned long delay)
+{
+ return mod_delayed_work_on(WORK_CPU_UNBOUND, wq, dwork, delay);
+}
+
+/**
+ * schedule_work_on - put work task on a specific cpu
+ * @cpu: cpu to put the work task on
+ * @work: job to be done
+ *
+ * This puts a job on a specific cpu
+ */
+static inline bool schedule_work_on(int cpu, struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ return queue_work_on(cpu, system_wq, work);
+}
+
+/**
+ * schedule_work - put work task in global workqueue
+ * @work: job to be done
+ *
+ * Returns %false if @work was already on the kernel-global workqueue and
+ * %true otherwise.
+ *
+ * This puts a job in the kernel-global workqueue if it was not already
+ * queued and leaves it in the same position on the kernel-global
+ * workqueue otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool schedule_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ return queue_work(system_wq, work);
+}
+
+/**
+ * schedule_delayed_work_on - queue work in global workqueue on CPU after delay
+ * @cpu: cpu to use
+ * @dwork: job to be done
+ * @delay: number of jiffies to wait
+ *
+ * After waiting for a given time this puts a job in the kernel-global
+ * workqueue on the specified CPU.
+ */
+static inline bool schedule_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct delayed_work *dwork,
+ unsigned long delay)
+{
+ return queue_delayed_work_on(cpu, system_wq, dwork, delay);
+}
+
+/**
+ * schedule_delayed_work - put work task in global workqueue after delay
+ * @dwork: job to be done
+ * @delay: number of jiffies to wait or 0 for immediate execution
+ *
+ * After waiting for a given time this puts a job in the kernel-global
+ * workqueue.
+ */
+static inline bool schedule_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *dwork,
+ unsigned long delay)
+{
+ return queue_delayed_work(system_wq, dwork, delay);
+}
+
+/**
+ * keventd_up - is workqueue initialized yet?
+ */
+static inline bool keventd_up(void)
+{
+ return system_wq != NULL;
+}
/*
* Like above, but uses del_timer() instead of del_timer_sync(). This means,
@@ -466,12 +633,12 @@ static inline bool __deprecated flush_delayed_work_sync(struct delayed_work *dwo
}
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
-static inline long work_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
+static inline long work_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
{
return fn(arg);
}
#else
-long work_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg);
+long work_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg);
#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
#ifdef CONFIG_FREEZER
@@ -480,4 +647,11 @@ extern bool freeze_workqueues_busy(void);
extern void thaw_workqueues(void);
#endif /* CONFIG_FREEZER */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+int workqueue_sysfs_register(struct workqueue_struct *wq);
+#else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
+static inline int workqueue_sysfs_register(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
+{ return 0; }
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
+
#endif