Tejun Heo f34217977d workqueue: implement unbound workqueue ...

This patch implements unbound workqueue which can be specified with
WQ_UNBOUND flag on creation.  An unbound workqueue has the following
properties.

* It uses a dedicated gcwq with a pseudo CPU number WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
  This gcwq is always online and disassociated.

* Workers are not bound to any CPU and not concurrency managed.  Works
  are dispatched to workers as soon as possible and the only applied
  limitation is @max_active.  IOW, all unbound workqeueues are
  implicitly high priority.

Unbound workqueues can be used as simple execution context provider.
Contexts unbound to any cpu are served as soon as possible.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

2010-07-02 11:00:02 +02:00

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debug

module: fix kdb's illicit use of struct module_use.

2010-06-05 11:17:36 +09:30

gcov

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irq

genirq: Clear CPU mask in affinity_hint when none is provided

2010-05-12 11:23:34 +02:00

power

workqueue: reimplement workqueue freeze using max_active

2010-06-29 10:07:12 +02:00

time

Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

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trace

workqueue: temporarily remove workqueue tracing

2010-06-29 10:07:11 +02:00

.gitignore

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acct.c

Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

2010-05-18 08:57:00 +10:00

async.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

audit_tree.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

audit_watch.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

audit.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

audit.h

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auditfilter.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

auditsc.c

audit: preface audit printk with audit

2010-04-05 13:19:45 -07:00

backtracetest.c

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bounds.c

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capability.c

sched: Remove remaining USER_SCHED code

2010-04-02 20:12:00 +02:00

cgroup_freezer.c

Freezer / cgroup freezer: Update stale locking comments

2010-05-10 23:18:47 +02:00

cgroup.c

cgroups: alloc_css_id() increments hierarchy depth

2010-06-04 15:21:45 -07:00

compat.c

cpumask: fix compat getaffinity

2010-05-19 11:48:18 -07:00

configs.c

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cpu.c

sched: adjust when cpu_active and cpuset configurations are updated during cpu on/offlining

2010-06-08 21:40:36 +02:00

cpuset.c

sched: adjust when cpu_active and cpuset configurations are updated during cpu on/offlining

2010-06-08 21:40:36 +02:00

cred.c

umh: creds: kill subprocess_info->cred logic

2010-05-27 09:12:45 -07:00

delayacct.c

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dma.c

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early_res.c

x86: Do not free zero sized per cpu areas

2010-03-29 18:55:40 +02:00

elfcore.c

elf coredump: add extended numbering support

2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00

exec_domain.c

sys_personality: change sys_personality() to accept "unsigned int" instead of u_long

2010-06-04 15:21:45 -07:00

exit.c

proc: turn signal_struct->count into "int nr_threads"

2010-05-27 09:12:47 -07:00

extable.c

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fork.c

sched: add hooks for workqueue

2010-06-08 21:40:37 +02:00

freezer.c

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futex_compat.c

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futex.c

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groups.c

security: remove dead hook task_setgroups

2010-04-12 12:19:18 +10:00

hrtimer.c

hrtimer: Avoid double seqlock

2010-05-26 16:15:37 +02:00

hung_task.c

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hw_breakpoint.c

hw_breakpoints: Fix percpu build failure

2010-05-04 08:39:36 +02:00

itimer.c

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kallsyms.c

kdb: core for kgdb back end (2 of 2)

2010-05-20 21:04:21 -05:00

Kconfig.freezer

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Kconfig.hz

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Kconfig.locks

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Kconfig.preempt

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kexec.c

kexec: fix OOPS in crash_kernel_shrink

2010-05-11 17:33:42 -07:00

kfifo.c

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kmod.c

call_usermodehelper: UMH_WAIT_EXEC ignores kernel_thread() failure

2010-05-27 09:12:45 -07:00

kprobes.c

kprobes: Move enable/disable_kprobe() out from debugfs code

2010-05-08 18:08:30 +02:00

ksysfs.c

sysfs: add struct file* to bin_attr callbacks

2010-05-21 09:37:31 -07:00

kthread.c

kthread: implement kthread_data()

2010-06-29 10:07:09 +02:00

latencytop.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

lockdep_internals.h

lockdep: No need to disable preemption in debug atomic ops

2010-05-04 05:38:16 +02:00

lockdep_proc.c

lockstat: Make lockstat counting per cpu

2010-04-06 00:15:37 +02:00

lockdep_states.h

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lockdep.c

lockdep: Add novalidate class for dev->mutex conversion

2010-05-21 09:37:30 -07:00

Makefile

Move kernel/kgdb.c to kernel/debug/debug_core.c

2010-05-20 21:04:18 -05:00

module.c

module: fix bne2 "gave up waiting for init of module libcrc32c"

2010-06-05 11:17:37 +09:30

mutex-debug.c

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mutex-debug.h

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mutex.c

mutex: Fix optimistic spinning vs. BKL

2010-05-19 08:18:44 +02:00

mutex.h

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notifier.c

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ns_cgroup.c

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nsproxy.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

padata.c

kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value

2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00

panic.c

panic: call console_verbose() in panic

2010-05-27 09:12:53 -07:00

params.c

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2010-03-12 16:04:50 -08:00

perf_event.c

perf: Fix signed comparison in perf_adjust_period()

2010-06-08 18:43:00 +02:00

pid_namespace.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

pid.c

pids: increase pid_max based on num_possible_cpus

2010-05-27 09:12:51 -07:00

pm_qos_params.c

PM: PM QOS update fix

2010-05-17 00:21:03 +02:00

posix-cpu-timers.c

posix-cpu-timers: avoid "task->signal != NULL" checks

2010-05-27 09:12:46 -07:00

posix-timers.c

posix_timer: Fix error path in timer_create

2010-05-27 22:38:15 +02:00

printk.c

printk,kdb: capture printk() when in kdb shell

2010-05-20 21:04:27 -05:00

profile.c

numa: in-kernel profiling: use cpu_to_mem() for per cpu allocations

2010-05-27 09:12:57 -07:00

ptrace.c

ptrace: PTRACE_GETFDPIC: fix the unsafe usage of child->mm

2010-05-27 09:12:44 -07:00

range.c

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rcupdate.c

rcu: slim down rcutiny by removing rcu_scheduler_active and friends

2010-05-10 11:08:34 -07:00

rcutiny_plugin.h

rcu: slim down rcutiny by removing rcu_scheduler_active and friends

2010-05-10 11:08:34 -07:00

rcutiny.c

rcu: remove all rcu head initializations, except on_stack initializations

2010-05-11 16:10:47 -07:00

rcutorture.c

Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2010-05-18 08:27:54 -07:00

rcutree_plugin.h

rcu: remove all rcu head initializations, except on_stack initializations

2010-05-11 16:10:47 -07:00

rcutree_trace.c

rcu: reduce the number of spurious RCU_SOFTIRQ invocations

2010-05-10 11:08:35 -07:00

rcutree.c

rcu: remove all rcu head initializations, except on_stack initializations

2010-05-11 16:10:47 -07:00

rcutree.h

rcu: reduce the number of spurious RCU_SOFTIRQ invocations

2010-05-10 11:08:35 -07:00

relay.c

kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value

2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00

res_counter.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

resource.c

resource: shared I/O region support

2010-05-11 12:01:10 -07:00

rtmutex_common.h

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rtmutex-debug.c

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rtmutex-debug.h

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rtmutex-tester.c

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rtmutex.c

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rtmutex.h

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rwsem.c

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sched_clock.c

blkio: fix for modular blk-cgroup build

2010-04-15 08:54:59 +02:00

sched_cpupri.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

sched_cpupri.h

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sched_debug.c

proc_sched_show_task(): use get_nr_threads()

2010-05-27 09:12:47 -07:00

sched_fair.c

sched: Fix wake_affine() vs RT tasks

2010-06-01 09:27:16 +02:00

sched_features.h

sched: Remove ASYM_GRAN feature

2010-03-11 18:32:53 +01:00

sched_idletask.c

sched: Cure load average vs NO_HZ woes

2010-04-23 11:02:02 +02:00

sched_rt.c

sched: Add enqueue/dequeue flags

2010-04-02 20:12:05 +02:00

sched_stats.h

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sched.c

sched: add hooks for workqueue

2010-06-08 21:40:37 +02:00

seccomp.c

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semaphore.c

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signal.c

exit: change zap_other_threads() to count sub-threads

2010-05-27 09:12:46 -07:00

slow-work-debugfs.c

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slow-work.c

slow-work: use get_ref wrapper instead of directly calling get_ref

2010-03-29 09:13:30 -07:00

slow-work.h

SLOW_WORK: CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_PROC should be CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG

2010-03-29 09:14:47 -07:00

smp.c

kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value

2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00

softirq.c

kernel/: fix BUG_ON checks for cpu notifier callbacks direct call

2010-06-04 15:21:45 -07:00

softlockup.c

softlockup: Stop spurious softlockup messages due to overflow

2010-03-21 19:30:13 +01:00

spinlock.c

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srcu.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

stacktrace.c

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stop_machine.c

sched: Make sure timers have migrated before killing the migration_thread

2010-05-31 08:37:44 +02:00

sys_ni.c

Add generic sys_ipc wrapper

2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00

sys.c

kmod: add init function to usermodehelper

2010-05-27 09:12:44 -07:00

sysctl_binary.c

sysctl: don't use own implementation of hex_to_bin()

2010-05-25 08:07:05 -07:00

sysctl_check.c

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sysctl.c

pipe: change /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-pages to byte sized interface

2010-06-03 14:54:39 +02:00

taskstats.c

include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h

2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00

test_kprobes.c

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time.c

timekeeping: Fix timezone update

2010-05-24 11:50:38 +02:00

timeconst.pl

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timer.c

kernel/: fix BUG_ON checks for cpu notifier callbacks direct call

2010-06-04 15:21:45 -07:00

tracepoint.c

tracing: Let tracepoints have data passed to tracepoint callbacks

2010-05-14 09:50:34 -04:00

tsacct.c

mm: clean up mm_counter

2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00

uid16.c

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up.c

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user_namespace.c

kref: remove kref_set

2010-05-21 09:37:29 -07:00

user-return-notifier.c

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user.c

sched: Remove a stale comment

2010-05-10 08:48:39 +02:00

utsname_sysctl.c

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utsname.c

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wait.c

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workqueue_sched.h

workqueue: implement concurrency managed dynamic worker pool

2010-06-29 10:07:14 +02:00

workqueue.c

workqueue: implement unbound workqueue

2010-07-02 11:00:02 +02:00