This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Revert "workqueue: Don't call cpumask_test_cpu() with -1 CPU in wq_update_node_max_active()" to the 6.6-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: revert-workqueue-don-t-call-cpumask_test_cpu-with-1-cpu-in-wq_update_node_max_active.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 408bc969ba46368c0c170f2ba822644c43ffe966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:35:37 +0200 Subject: Revert "workqueue: Don't call cpumask_test_cpu() with -1 CPU in wq_update_node_max_active()" From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This reverts commit 7df62b8cca38aa452b508b477b16544cba615084 which is commit 15930da42f8981dc42c19038042947b475b19f47 upstream. The workqueue patches backported to 6.6.y caused some reported regressions, so revert them for now. Reported-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Audra Mitchell <audra@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ce4c2f67-c298-48a0-87a3-f933d646c73b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ static void wq_update_node_max_active(st lockdep_assert_held(&wq->mutex); - if (off_cpu >= 0 && !cpumask_test_cpu(off_cpu, effective)) + if (!cpumask_test_cpu(off_cpu, effective)) off_cpu = -1; total_cpus = cpumask_weight_and(effective, cpu_online_mask); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-move-pwq-max_active-to-wq-max_active.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-replace-pwq_activate_inactive_work-with-pwq_activate_work.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-implement-system-wide-nr_active-enforcement-for-unbound-workqueues.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-introduce-struct-wq_node_nr_active.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-rcu-protect-wq-dfl_pwq-and-implement-accessors-for-it.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-don-t-call-cpumask_test_cpu-with-1-cpu-in-wq_update_node_max_active.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-factor-out-pwq_is_empty.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-shorten-events_freezable_power_efficient-name.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-make-wq_adjust_max_active-round-robin-pwqs-while-activating.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue.c-increase-workqueue-name-length.patch queue-6.6/revert-workqueue-move-nr_active-handling-into-helpers.patch