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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2018-01-08 05:38:37 -0800
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2018-01-08 05:38:37 -0800
commit40c17f75dfa9ec163478efd3f7443fd6af9992c9 (patch)
tree92ad5e8e9475b19306fea16c42bde00059c15fb9 /kernel/workqueue.c
parent983c751532738b83c4c5b51192ebc6fbfe9330f7 (diff)
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workqueue: allow WQ_MEM_RECLAIM on early init workqueues
Workqueues can be created early during boot before workqueue subsystem in fully online - work items are queued waiting for later full initialization. However, early init wasn't supported for WQ_MEM_RECLAIM workqueues causing unnecessary annoyances for a subset of users. Expand early init support to include WQ_MEM_RECLAIM workqueues. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 5baac7c8a5f9..c86cc1ed678b 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -4032,7 +4032,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt,
if (alloc_and_link_pwqs(wq) < 0)
goto err_free_wq;
- if (init_rescuer(wq) < 0)
+ if (wq_online && init_rescuer(wq) < 0)
goto err_destroy;
if ((wq->flags & WQ_SYSFS) && workqueue_sysfs_register(wq))
@@ -5639,6 +5639,8 @@ int __init workqueue_init(void)
* archs such as power and arm64. As per-cpu pools created
* previously could be missing node hint and unbound pools NUMA
* affinity, fix them up.
+ *
+ * Also, while iterating workqueues, create rescuers if requested.
*/
wq_numa_init();
@@ -5650,8 +5652,12 @@ int __init workqueue_init(void)
}
}
- list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list)
+ list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
wq_update_unbound_numa(wq, smp_processor_id(), true);
+ WARN(init_rescuer(wq),
+ "workqueue: failed to create early rescuer for %s",
+ wq->name);
+ }
mutex_unlock(&wq_pool_mutex);