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

Keith Busch
2026-03-24T15:23:51Z

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.