On 2022/02/15 19:43, Haakon Bugge wrote: >> @@ -6070,6 +6087,13 @@ void __init workqueue_init_early(void) >> !system_unbound_wq || !system_freezable_wq || >> !system_power_efficient_wq || >> !system_freezable_power_efficient_wq); >> + system_wq->flags |= __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE; >> + system_highpri_wq->flags |= __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE; >> + system_long_wq->flags |= __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE; >> + system_unbound_wq->flags |= __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE; >> + system_freezable_wq->flags |= __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE; >> + system_power_efficient_wq->flags |= __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE; >> + system_freezable_power_efficient_wq->flags |= __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE; > > Better to OR this in, in the alloc_workqueue() call? Perceive the notion of an opaque object? > I do not want to do like - system_wq = alloc_workqueue("events", 0, 0); + system_wq = alloc_workqueue("events", __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE, 0); because the intent of this change is to ask developers to create their own WQs. If I pass __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE to alloc_workqueue(), developers might by error create like srp_tl_err_wq = alloc_workqueue("srp_tl_err_wq", __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE, 0); because of system_wq = alloc_workqueue("events", __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE, 0); line. The __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE is absolutely meant to be applied to only 'system_wq', 'system_highpri_wq', 'system_long_wq', 'system_unbound_wq', 'system_freezable_wq', 'system_power_efficient_wq' and 'system_freezable_power_efficient_wq' WQs, in order to avoid calling flush_workqueue() on these system-wide WQs. I wish I could define __WQ_SYSTEM_WIDE inside kernel/workqueue_internal.h, but it seems that kernel/workqueue_internal.h does not define internal flags.