1005 Commits
Author SHA1 Message Date
Linus Torvalds 323bbfcf1e Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument
This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Linus Torvalds bf4afc53b7 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Kees Cook 69050f8d6d treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
Linus Torvalds 9bdc64892d Merge tag 'wq-for-6.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
Pull workqueue updates from Tejun Heo:

 - Rework the rescuer to process work items one-by-one instead of
   slurping all pending work items in a single pass.

   As there is only one rescuer per workqueue, a single long-blocking
   work item could cause high latency for all tasks queued behind it,
   even after memory pressure is relieved and regular kworkers become
   available to service them.

 - Add CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_WQ_STALL_PANIC build-time option and
   workqueue.panic_on_stall_time parameter for time-based stall panic,
   giving systems more control over workqueue stall handling.

 - Replace BUG_ON() with panic() in the stall panic path for clearer
   intent and more informative output.

* tag 'wq-for-6.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
  workqueue: replace BUG_ON with panic in panic_on_wq_watchdog
  workqueue: add time-based panic for stalls
  workqueue: add CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_WQ_STALL_PANIC option
  workqueue: Process extra works in rescuer on memory pressure
  workqueue: Process rescuer work items one-by-one using a cursor
  workqueue: Make send_mayday() take a PWQ argument directly
2026-02-11 13:13:32 -08:00
Breno LeitaoandTejun Heo 9cb8b0f289 workqueue: replace BUG_ON with panic in panic_on_wq_watchdog
Replace BUG_ON() with panic() in panic_on_wq_watchdog(). This is not
a bug condition but a deliberate forced panic requested by the user
via module parameters to crash the system for debugging purposes.

Using panic() instead of BUG_ON() makes this intent clearer and provides
more informative output about which threshold was exceeded and the actual
values, making it easier to diagnose the stall condition from crash dumps.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-02-07 06:54:42 -10:00
Breno LeitaoandTejun Heo f84c9dd34e workqueue: add time-based panic for stalls
Add a new module parameter 'panic_on_stall_time' that triggers a panic
when a workqueue stall persists for longer than the specified duration
in seconds.

Unlike 'panic_on_stall' which counts accumulated stall events, this
parameter triggers based on the duration of a single continuous stall.
This is useful for catching truly stuck workqueues rather than
accumulating transient stalls.

Usage:
  workqueue.panic_on_stall_time=120

This would panic if any workqueue pool has been stalled for 120 seconds
or more.

The stall duration is measured from the workqueue last progress
(poll_ts) which accounts for legitimate system stalls.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-02-07 06:54:38 -10:00
Breno LeitaoandTejun Heo 32d572e390 workqueue: add CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_WQ_STALL_PANIC option
Add a kernel config option to set the default value of
workqueue.panic_on_stall, similar to CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC,
CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC.

This allows setting the number of workqueue stalls before triggering
a kernel panic at build time, which is useful for high-availability
systems that need consistent panic-on-stall, in other words, those
servers which run with CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_*_PANIC=y already.

The default remains 0 (disabled). Setting it to 1 will panic on the
first stall, and higher values will panic after that many stall
warnings. The value can still be overridden at runtime via the
workqueue.panic_on_stall boot parameter or sysfs.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2026-02-03 09:37:59 -10:00
Frederic Weisbecker 23f09dcc0a cpuset: Propagate cpuset isolation update to workqueue through housekeeping
Until now, cpuset would propagate isolated partition changes to
workqueues so that unbound workers get properly reaffined.

Since housekeeping now centralizes, synchronize and propagates isolation
cpumask changes, perform the work from that subsystem for consolidation
and consistency purposes.

For simplification purpose, the target function is adapted to take the
new housekeeping mask instead of the isolated mask.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org
2026-02-03 15:23:34 +01:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo 51cd2d2dec workqueue: Process extra works in rescuer on memory pressure
Make the rescuer process more work on the last pwq when there are no
more to rescue for the whole workqueue to help the regular workers in
case it is a temporary memory pressure relief and to reduce relapse.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-12-08 09:18:02 -10:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo e5a30c303b workqueue: Process rescuer work items one-by-one using a cursor
Previously, the rescuer scanned for all matching work items at once and
processed them within a single rescuer thread, which could cause one
blocking work item to stall all others.

Make the rescuer process work items one-by-one instead of slurping all
matches in a single pass.

Break the rescuer loop after finding and processing the first matching
work item, then restart the search to pick up the next. This gives
normal worker threads a chance to process other items which gives them
the opportunity to be processed instead of waiting on the rescuer's
queue and prevents a blocking work item from stalling the rest once
memory pressure is relieved.

Introduce a dummy cursor work item to avoid potentially O(N^2)
rescans of the work list.  The marker records the resume position for
the next scan, eliminating redundant traversals.

Also introduce RESCUER_BATCH to control the maximum number of work items
the rescuer processes in each turn, and move on to other PWQs when the
limit is reached.

Cc: ying chen <yc1082463@gmail.com>
Reported-by: ying chen <yc1082463@gmail.com>
Fixes: e22bee782b ("workqueue: implement concurrency managed dynamic worker pool")
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-12-08 09:17:49 -10:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo fc5ff53d2a workqueue: Make send_mayday() take a PWQ argument directly
Make send_mayday() operate on a PWQ directly instead of taking a work
item, so that rescuer_thread() now calls send_mayday(pwq) instead of
open-coding the mayday list manipulation.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-12-08 09:17:11 -10:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo 6d90215dc0 workqueue: Don't rely on wq->rescuer to stop rescuer
The commit1 def98c84b6 ("workqueue: Fix spurious sanity check failures
in destroy_workqueue()") tries to fix spurious sanity check failures by
stopping send_mayday() via setting wq->rescuer to NULL.

But it fails to stop the pwq->mayday_node requeuing in the rescuer, and
the commit2 e66b39af00 ("workqueue: Fix pwq ref leak in
rescuer_thread()") fixes it by checking wq->rescuer which is the result
of commit1.

Both commits together really fix spurious sanity check failures caused
by the rescuer, but they both use a convoluted method by relying on
wq->rescuer state rather than the real count of work items.

Actually __WQ_DESTROYING and drain_workqueue() together already stop
send_mayday() by draining all the work items and ensuring no new work
item requeuing.

And the more proper fix to stop the pwq->mayday_node requeuing in the
rescuer is from commit3 4f3f4cf388 ("workqueue: avoid unneeded
requeuing the pwq in rescuer thread") and renders the checking of
wq->rescuer in commit2 unnecessary.

So __WQ_DESTROYING, drain_workqueue() and commit3 together fix spurious
sanity check failures introduced by the rescuer.

Just remove the convoluted code of using wq->rescuer.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-21 09:45:36 -10:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo 7b05c90b33 workqueue: Only assign rescuer work when really needed
If the pwq does not need rescue (normal workers have been created or
become available), the rescuer can immediately move on to other stalled
pwqs.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-21 09:45:36 -10:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo 99ed6f62a4 workqueue: Factor out assign_rescuer_work()
Move the code to assign work to rescuer and assign_rescuer_work().

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-21 09:45:36 -10:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo c9c19e8bbc workqueue: Init rescuer's affinities as wq_unbound_cpumask
The affinity to set to the rescuers should be consistent in all paths
when a rescuer is in detached state. The affinity could be either
wq_unbound_cpumask or unbound_effective_cpumask(wq).

Related paths:
       rescuer's worker_detach_from_pool()
       update wq_unbound_cpumask
       update wq's cpumask
       init_rescuer()

Both affinities are Ok as long as they are consistent in all paths.

In the commit 449b31ad29 ("workqueue: Init rescuer's affinities as
the wq's effective cpumask") makes init_rescuer use
unbound_effective_cpumask(wq) which is consistent with then
apply_wqattrs_commit().

But using unbound_effective_cpumask(wq) requres much more code to
maintain the consistency, and it doesn't make much sense since the
affinity is only effective when the rescuer is not processing works.
wq_unbound_cpumask is more favorable.

So apply_wqattrs_commit() and the path of "updating wq's cpumask" had
been changed to not update the rescuer's affinity, and both the paths
of "updating wq_unbound_cpumask" and "rescuer's
worker_detach_from_pool()" had been changed to use wq_unbound_cpumask.

Now, make init_rescuer() use wq_unbound_cpumask for rescuer's affinity
and make all the paths consistent.

Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-20 10:27:55 -10:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo 8ac4dbe7dd workqueue: Let DISASSOCIATED workers follow unbound wq cpumask changes
When workqueue cpumask changes are committed, the DISASSOCIATED workers
affinity is not touched and this might be a problem down the line for
isolated setups when the DISASSOCIATED pools still have works to run
after the cpu is offline.

Make sure the workers' affinity is updated every time a workqueue cpumask
changes, so these workers can't break isolation.

Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-20 10:27:55 -10:00
Lai JiangshanandTejun Heo e36bce4466 workqueue: Update the rescuer's affinity only when it is detached
When a rescuer is attached to a pool, its affinity should be only
managed by the pool.

But updating the detached rescuer's affinity is still meaningful so
that it will not disrupt isolated CPUs when it is to be waken up.

But the commit d64f2fa064 ("kernel/workqueue: Let rescuers follow
unbound wq cpumask changes") updates the affinity unconditionally, and
causes some issues

1) it also changes the affinity when the rescuer is already attached to
   a pool, which violates the affinity management.

2) the said commit tries to update the affinity of the rescuers, but it
   misses the rescuers of the PERCPU workqueues, and isolated CPUs can
   be possibly disrupted by these rescuers when they are summoned.

3) The affinity to set to the rescuers should be consistent in all paths
   when a rescuer is in detached state. The affinity could be either
   wq_unbound_cpumask or unbound_effective_cpumask(wq). Related paths:
       rescuer's worker_detach_from_pool()
       update wq_unbound_cpumask
       update wq's cpumask
       init_rescuer()
   Both affinities are Ok as long as they are consistent in all paths.
   But using unbound_effective_cpumask(wq) requres much more code to
   maintain the consistency, and it doesn't make much sense since the
   affinity is only effective when the rescuer is not processing works.
   wq_unbound_cpumask is more favorable.

Fix the 1) issue by testing rescuer->pool before updating with
wq_pool_attach_mutex held.

Fix the 2) issue by moving the rescuer's affinity updating code to
the place updating wq_unbound_cpumask and make it also update for
PERCPU workqueues.

Partially cleanup the 3) consistency issue by using wq_unbound_cpumask.
So that the path of "updating wq's cpumask" doesn't need to maintain it.
and both the paths of "updating wq_unbound_cpumask" and "rescuer's
worker_detach_from_pool()" use wq_unbound_cpumask.

Cleanup for init_rescuer()'s consistency for affinity can be done in
future.

Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-20 10:27:55 -10:00
zhang jiaoandTejun Heo 4457265c61 workqueue: Remove unused assert_rcu_or_wq_mutex_or_pool_mutex
assert_rcu_or_wq_mutex_or_pool_mutex is never referenced in the code.
Just remove it.

Signed-off-by: zhang jiao <zhangjiao2@cmss.chinamobile.com>
Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-11-10 06:10:18 -10:00
Marco CrivellariandTejun Heo dadb3ebcf3 workqueue: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users
Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.

alloc_workqueue() treats all queues as per-CPU by default, while unbound
workqueues must opt-in via WQ_UNBOUND.

This default is suboptimal: most workloads benefit from unbound queues,
allowing the scheduler to place worker threads where they’re needed and
reducing noise when CPUs are isolated.

This patch adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to explicitly request the use of
the per-CPU behavior. Both flags coexist for one release cycle to allow
callers to transition their calls.

Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit 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.

All existing users have been updated accordingly.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-09-16 10:33:53 -10:00
Marco CrivellariandTejun Heo a2be943b46 workqueue: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq
Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.

This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.

system_wq is a per-CPU worqueue, yet nothing in its name tells about that
CPU affinity constraint, which is very often not required by users. Make
it clear by adding a system_percpu_wq.

queue_work() / queue_delayed_work() mod_delayed_work() will now use the
new per-cpu wq: whether the user still stick on the old name a warn will
be printed along a wq redirect to the new one.

This patch add the new system_percpu_wq except for mm, fs and net
subsystem, whom are handled in separated patches.

The old wq will be kept for a few release cylces.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-09-05 07:20:00 -10:00
Marco CrivellariandTejun Heo f6cfa602d2 workqueue: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq
Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.

This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.

system_unbound_wq should be the default workqueue so as not to enforce
locality constraints for random work whenever it's not required.

Adding system_dfl_wq to encourage its use when unbound work should be used.

queue_work() / queue_delayed_work() / mod_delayed_work() will now use the
new unbound wq: whether the user still use the old wq a warn will be
printed along with a wq redirect to the new one.

The old system_unbound_wq will be kept for a few release cycles.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-09-05 07:19:09 -10:00
Sebastian Andrzej SiewiorandTejun Heo ad7c7f4b9c workqueue: Provide a handshake for canceling BH workers
While a BH work item is canceled, the core code spins until it
determines that the item completed. On PREEMPT_RT the spinning relies on
a lock in local_bh_disable() to avoid a live lock if the canceling
thread has higher priority than the BH-worker and preempts it. This lock
ensures that the BH-worker makes progress by PI-boosting it.

This lock in local_bh_disable() is a central per-CPU BKL and about to be
removed.

To provide the required synchronisation add a per pool lock. The lock is
acquired by the bh_worker at the begin while the individual callbacks
are invoked. To enforce progress in case of interruption, __flush_work()
needs to acquire the lock.
This will flush all BH-work items assigned to that pool.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-09-04 07:28:33 -10:00
ZqiangandTejun Heo cda2b2d647 workqueue: Remove rcu_read_lock/unlock() in wq_watchdog_timer_fn()
The wq_watchdog_timer_fn() is executed in the softirq context, this
is already in the RCU read critical section, this commit therefore
remove rcu_read_lock/unlock() in wq_watchdog_timer_fn().

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-09-04 06:18:00 -10:00
ZqiangandTejun Heo fd5081f4ef workqueue: Remove redundant rcu_read_lock/unlock() in workqueue_congested()
The preempt_disable/enable() has already formed RCU read crtical
section, this commit therefore remove rcu_read_lock/unlock() in
workqueue_congested().

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2025-09-04 06:17:52 -10:00
Linus Torvalds af5b2619a8 Merge tag 'wq-for-6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
Pull workqueue updates from Tejun Heo:

 - Prepare for defaulting to unbound workqueue. A separate branch was
   created to ease pulling in from other trees but none of the
   conversions have landed yet

 - Memory allocation profiling support added

 - Misc changes

* tag 'wq-for-6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
  workqueue: Use atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed() in tryinc_node_nr_active()
  workqueue: Remove unused work_on_cpu_safe
  workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag
  workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq
  workqueue: Basic memory allocation profiling support
  workqueue: fix opencoded cpumask_next_and_wrap() in wq_select_unbound_cpu()
2025-07-31 15:40:22 -07:00