async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active
authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Fri, 9 Feb 2024 00:14:16 +0000 (14:14 -1000)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Fri, 9 Feb 2024 21:13:59 +0000 (11:13 -1000)
commitbf52b1ac6ab41a060511d56d0f2da12f3a2486db
tree41cffe46e205f7e133abb1de33b7f60b9ffa6971
parent8f172181f24bb5df7675225d9b5b66d059613f50
async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active

Async can schedule a number of interdependent work items. However, since
5797b1c18919 ("workqueue: Implement system-wide nr_active enforcement for
unbound workqueues"), unbound workqueues have separate min_active which sets
the number of interdependent work items that can be handled. This default
value is 8 which isn't sufficient for async and can lead to stalls during
resume from suspend in some cases.

Let's use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/708a65cc-79ec-44a6-8454-a93d0f3114c3@samsung.com
Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
include/linux/async.h
init/main.c
kernel/async.c