The only difference between set_notify_signal() and __set_notify_signal() is that the former checks if it needs to deliver an IPI to force a reschedule. As the io-wq workers never leave the kernel, and IPI is never needed, they simply need a wakeup. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io-wq.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c index 32aeb2c581c5..824623bcf1a5 100644 --- a/fs/io-wq.c +++ b/fs/io-wq.c @@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static bool io_wq_for_each_worker(struct io_wqe *wqe, static bool io_wq_worker_wake(struct io_worker *worker, void *data) { - set_notify_signal(worker->task); + __set_notify_signal(worker->task); wake_up_process(worker->task); return false; } @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static bool __io_wq_worker_cancel(struct io_worker *worker, { if (work && match->fn(work, match->data)) { work->flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_CANCEL; - set_notify_signal(worker->task); + __set_notify_signal(worker->task); return true; } -- 2.35.1