From: Ismael Luceno <iluceno@suse.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ismael Luceno <iluceno@suse.de>,
Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>,
Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>,
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org (open list:IPVS),
lvs-devel@vger.kernel.org (open list:IPVS),
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org (open list:NETFILTER),
coreteam@netfilter.org (open list:NETFILTER)
Subject: [PATCH v2 nf-next] ipvs: Move defense_work and est_reload_work to system_dfl_long_wq
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:10:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702101100.24256-2-iluceno@suse.de> (raw)
Under synflood conditions binding these handlers to system_long_wq may
pin them to a saturated CPU.
We've observed improved throughtput on a DPDK/VPP application with this
change, which we attribute to the reduced context switching.
Neither handler has per-CPU data dependencies nor cache locality
requirements that would prevent this change.
Signed-off-by: Ismael Luceno <iluceno@suse.de>
---
CC: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
CC: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Changes since v1:
* Rebased on nf-next
* Reworded commit message
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c | 6 +++---
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index bcf40b8c41cf..d7e669efab4d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ #define DEFENSE_TIMER_PERIOD 1*HZ
update_defense_level(ipvs);
if (atomic_read(&ipvs->dropentry))
ip_vs_random_dropentry(ipvs);
- queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ipvs->defense_work,
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ipvs->defense_work,
DEFENSE_TIMER_PERIOD);
}
#endif
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ #define DEFENSE_TIMER_PERIOD 1*HZ
atomic_set(&ipvs->est_genid_done, genid);
if (repeat)
- queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ipvs->est_reload_work,
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ipvs->est_reload_work,
delay);
unlock:
@@ -5126,7 +5126,7 @@ do_ip_vs_get_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, int *len)
goto err;
/* Schedule defense work */
- queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ipvs->defense_work,
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ipvs->defense_work,
DEFENSE_TIMER_PERIOD);
return 0;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
index ab09f5182951..78964aa861e9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ #define pr_fmt(fmt) "IPVS: " fmt
/* Bump the kthread configuration genid if stopping is requested */
if (restart)
atomic_inc(&ipvs->est_genid);
- queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ipvs->est_reload_work, 0);
+ queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ipvs->est_reload_work, 0);
}
/* Start kthread task with current configuration */
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-02 10:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-02 10:10 Ismael Luceno [this message]
2026-07-02 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 nf-next] ipvs: Move defense_work and est_reload_work to system_dfl_long_wq Ismael Luceno
2026-07-03 17:49 ` Julian Anastasov
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