Re: [PATCH net-next] Octeontx2-af: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users

[Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@marvell.com>]

On 2026-03-30 at 15:24:05, Marco Crivellari (marco.crivellari@suse.com) wrote:
> This continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which began with
> the introduction of new workqueues and a new alloc_workqueue flag in:
> 
>    commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq")
>    commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag")
> 
> The refactoring is going to alter the default behavior of
> alloc_workqueue() to be unbound by default.
> 
> 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. For more details see the Link tag below.
> 
> In order to keep alloc_workqueue() behavior identical, explicitly request
> WQ_PERCPU.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/
> Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>

 Reviewed-by: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@marvell.com>

 Thanks,
 Sundeep

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
> index 5b1129558e8b..1a1a863199ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
> @@ -2576,7 +2576,7 @@ static int rvu_mbox_init(struct rvu *rvu, struct mbox_wq_info *mw,
>  	}
>  
>  	mw->mbox_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s",
> -				      WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM,
> +				      WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU,
>  				      num, name);
>  	if (!mw->mbox_wq) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>