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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt9
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c14
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6ee0f9a5da70..c0e9abbf1d2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -7219,6 +7219,15 @@
threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
+ workqueue.cpu_intensive_warning_thresh=<uint>
+ If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
+ will report the work functions which violate the
+ intensive_threshold_us repeatedly. In order to prevent
+ spurious warnings, start printing only after a work
+ function has violated this threshold number of times.
+
+ The default is 4 times. 0 disables the warning.
+
workqueue.power_efficient
Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
they show better performance thanks to cache
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 65a27be81452..38783e3a60bb 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@ static const char *wq_affn_names[WQ_AFFN_NR_TYPES] = {
*/
static unsigned long wq_cpu_intensive_thresh_us = ULONG_MAX;
module_param_named(cpu_intensive_thresh_us, wq_cpu_intensive_thresh_us, ulong, 0644);
+#ifdef CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT
+static unsigned int wq_cpu_intensive_warning_thresh = 4;
+module_param_named(cpu_intensive_warning_thresh, wq_cpu_intensive_warning_thresh, uint, 0644);
+#endif
/* see the comment above the definition of WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT */
static bool wq_power_efficient = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT);
@@ -1327,11 +1331,13 @@ restart:
u64 cnt;
/*
- * Start reporting from the fourth time and back off
+ * Start reporting from the warning_thresh and back off
* exponentially.
*/
cnt = atomic64_inc_return_relaxed(&ent->cnt);
- if (cnt >= 4 && is_power_of_2(cnt))
+ if (wq_cpu_intensive_warning_thresh &&
+ cnt >= wq_cpu_intensive_warning_thresh &&
+ is_power_of_2(cnt + 1 - wq_cpu_intensive_warning_thresh))
printk_deferred(KERN_WARNING "workqueue: %ps hogged CPU for >%luus %llu times, consider switching to WQ_UNBOUND\n",
ent->func, wq_cpu_intensive_thresh_us,
atomic64_read(&ent->cnt));
@@ -1360,10 +1366,12 @@ restart:
ent = &wci_ents[wci_nr_ents++];
ent->func = func;
- atomic64_set(&ent->cnt, 1);
+ atomic64_set(&ent->cnt, 0);
hash_add_rcu(wci_hash, &ent->hash_node, (unsigned long)func);
raw_spin_unlock(&wci_lock);
+
+ goto restart;
}
#else /* CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT */