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scsi: scsi_dh_alua: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue() users

Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.

alloc_workqueue() treats all queues as per-CPU by default, while unbound
workqueues must opt-in via WQ_UNBOUND.

This default is suboptimal: most workloads benefit from unbound queues,
allowing the scheduler to place worker threads where they’re needed and
reducing noise when CPUs are isolated.

This change adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to explicitly request
alloc_workqueue() to be per-cpu when WQ_UNBOUND has not been specified.

With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND),
any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND
must now use WQ_PERCPU.

Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit default.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251031095643.74246-4-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>

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Marco Crivellari and committed by
Martin K. Petersen
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drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
··· 1300 1300 { 1301 1301 int r; 1302 1302 1303 - kaluad_wq = alloc_workqueue("kaluad", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); 1303 + kaluad_wq = alloc_workqueue("kaluad", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU, 0); 1304 1304 if (!kaluad_wq) 1305 1305 return -ENOMEM; 1306 1306