From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [RFC workqueue/driver-core PATCH 1/5] workqueue: Provide queue_work_near to queue work near a given NUMA node Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:53:07 -0700 Message-ID: <20180926215307.GA270328@devbig004.ftw2.facebook.com> References: <20180926214433.13512.30289.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20180926215138.13512.33146.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180926215138.13512.33146.stgit-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: linux-nvdimm-bounces-hn68Rpc1hR1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org Sender: "Linux-nvdimm" To: Alexander Duyck Cc: len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-pm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-nvdimm-hn68Rpc1hR1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, jiangshanlai-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, zwisler-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org, rafael-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Hello, On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 02:51:38PM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > This patch provides a new function queue_work_near which is meant to > schedule work on the nearest unbound CPU to the requested NUMA node. The > main motivation for this is to help assist asynchronous init to better > improve boot times for devices that are local to a specific node. > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck Why not just use unbound workqueues, which are NUMA-affine by default? Are there big enough advantages? Thanks. -- tejun