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scsi: scsi_transport_fc: 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>
Reviewed-by: Justin Tee <justin.tee@broadcom.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251031095643.74246-5-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/scsi_transport_fc.c
··· 441 441 fc_host->next_vport_number = 0; 442 442 fc_host->npiv_vports_inuse = 0; 443 443 444 - fc_host->work_q = alloc_workqueue("fc_wq_%d", 0, 0, shost->host_no); 444 + fc_host->work_q = alloc_workqueue("fc_wq_%d", WQ_PERCPU, 0, 445 + shost->host_no); 445 446 if (!fc_host->work_q) 446 447 return -ENOMEM; 447 448 ··· 3089 3088 3090 3089 spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags); 3091 3090 3092 - rport->devloss_work_q = alloc_workqueue("fc_dl_%d_%d", 0, 0, 3091 + rport->devloss_work_q = alloc_workqueue("fc_dl_%d_%d", WQ_PERCPU, 0, 3093 3092 shost->host_no, rport->number); 3094 3093 if (!rport->devloss_work_q) { 3095 3094 printk(KERN_ERR "FC Remote Port alloc_workqueue failed\n");