Re: [PATCH 3/4] amd/amdkfd: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users

["Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>]

On 10/30/25 17:10, Marco Crivellari wrote:
> Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
> used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
> WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
> schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
> again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
> This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
> 
> alloc_workqueue() treats all queues as per-CPU by default, while unbound
> workqueues must opt-in via WQ_UNBOUND.
> 
> This default is suboptimal: most workloads benefit from unbound queues,
> allowing the scheduler to place worker threads where they’re needed and
> reducing noise when CPUs are isolated.
> 
> This change adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to explicitly request
> alloc_workqueue() to be per-cpu when WQ_UNBOUND has not been specified.
> 
> With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND),
> any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND
> must now use WQ_PERCPU.
> 
> Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
> become the implicit default.

Adding Philip and Felix to comment, but this should most likely also not execute on the same CPU as the one who scheduled the work.

Regards,
Christian.

> 
> Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
> index ddfe30c13e9d..ebc9925f4e66 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
> @@ -690,7 +690,8 @@ void kfd_procfs_del_queue(struct queue *q)
>  int kfd_process_create_wq(void)
>  {
>  	if (!kfd_process_wq)
> -		kfd_process_wq = alloc_workqueue("kfd_process_wq", 0, 0);
> +		kfd_process_wq = alloc_workqueue("kfd_process_wq", WQ_PERCPU,
> +						 0);
>  	if (!kfd_restore_wq)
>  		kfd_restore_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("kfd_restore_wq",
>  							 WQ_FREEZABLE);