[PATCH v2 0/3] replace old wq(s), added WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue

Keith Busch kbusch at kernel.org
Tue Mar 24 08:23:43 PDT 2026


On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 11:23:26AM +0100, Marco Crivellari wrote:
> 1) [P 1] Replace uses of system_wq
> 
>     system_wq is a per-CPU workqueue, but his name is not clear.
>     Because of that, system_wq has been replaced with system_percpu_wq.
> 
> 2) [P 2-3] add WQ_PERCPU to all relevant alloc_workqueue() users
> 
>     This change adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to explicitly request
>     alloc_workqueue() to be per-cpu when WQ_UNBOUND has not been specified.

Thanks applied to nvme-7.1.



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