This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled btrfs: restore the thread_pool= behavior in remount for the end I/O workqueues to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: btrfs-restore-the-thread_pool-behavior-in-remount-for-the-end-i-o-workqueues.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 40fac6472f22a59f5694496e179988ab4a1dfe07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:56:13 +0900 Subject: btrfs: restore the thread_pool= behavior in remount for the end I/O workqueues From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> commit 40fac6472f22a59f5694496e179988ab4a1dfe07 upstream. Commit d7b9416fe5c5 ("btrfs: remove btrfs_end_io_wq") converted the read and I/O handling from btrfs_workqueues to Linux workqueues, and as part of that lost the code to apply the thread_pool= based max_active limit on remount. Restore it. Fixes: d7b9416fe5c5 ("btrfs: remove btrfs_end_io_wq") CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.0+ Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/btrfs/super.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/fs/btrfs/super.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c @@ -1939,6 +1939,8 @@ static void btrfs_resize_thread_pool(str btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->hipri_workers, new_pool_size); btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->delalloc_workers, new_pool_size); btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->caching_workers, new_pool_size); + workqueue_set_max_active(fs_info->endio_workers, new_pool_size); + workqueue_set_max_active(fs_info->endio_meta_workers, new_pool_size); btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->endio_write_workers, new_pool_size); btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->endio_freespace_worker, new_pool_size); btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->delayed_workers, new_pool_size); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from hch@xxxxxx are queue-6.1/btrfs-restore-the-thread_pool-behavior-in-remount-for-the-end-i-o-workqueues.patch queue-6.1/btrfs-fix-fast-csum-implementation-detection.patch