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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/workqueue.h')
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h index 623488fdc1f5..a9f4119c7e2e 100644 --- a/include/linux/workqueue.h +++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h @@ -303,6 +303,33 @@ enum { WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE = 1 << 5, /* cpu instensive workqueue */ WQ_SYSFS = 1 << 6, /* visible in sysfs, see wq_sysfs_register() */ + /* + * Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because they tend to + * show better performance thanks to cache locality. Per-cpu + * workqueues exclude the scheduler from choosing the CPU to + * execute the worker threads, which has an unfortunate side effect + * of increasing power consumption. + * + * The scheduler considers a CPU idle if it doesn't have any task + * to execute and tries to keep idle cores idle to conserve power; + * however, for example, a per-cpu work item scheduled from an + * interrupt handler on an idle CPU will force the scheduler to + * excute the work item on that CPU breaking the idleness, which in + * turn may lead to more scheduling choices which are sub-optimal + * in terms of power consumption. + * + * Workqueues marked with WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT are per-cpu by default + * but become unbound if workqueue.power_efficient kernel param is + * specified. Per-cpu workqueues which are identified to + * contribute significantly to power-consumption are identified and + * marked with this flag and enabling the power_efficient mode + * leads to noticeable power saving at the cost of small + * performance disadvantage. + * + * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1480396 + */ + WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT = 1 << 7, + __WQ_DRAINING = 1 << 16, /* internal: workqueue is draining */ __WQ_ORDERED = 1 << 17, /* internal: workqueue is ordered */ @@ -333,11 +360,19 @@ enum { * * system_freezable_wq is equivalent to system_wq except that it's * freezable. + * + * *_power_efficient_wq are inclined towards saving power and converted + * into WQ_UNBOUND variants if 'wq_power_efficient' is enabled; otherwise, + * they are same as their non-power-efficient counterparts - e.g. + * system_power_efficient_wq is identical to system_wq if + * 'wq_power_efficient' is disabled. See WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT for more info. */ extern struct workqueue_struct *system_wq; extern struct workqueue_struct *system_long_wq; extern struct workqueue_struct *system_unbound_wq; extern struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_wq; +extern struct workqueue_struct *system_power_efficient_wq; +extern struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_power_efficient_wq; static inline struct workqueue_struct * __deprecated __system_nrt_wq(void) { |