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power: supply: 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 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 patch adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to explicitly request the use of
the per-CPU behavior. Both flags coexist for one release cycle to allow
callers to transition their calls.

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

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.

All existing users have been updated accordingly.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250905090641.106297-3-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com>

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Marco Crivellari and committed by
Sebastian Reichel
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drivers/power/supply/ab8500_btemp.c
··· 667 667 668 668 /* Create a work queue for the btemp */ 669 669 di->btemp_wq = 670 - alloc_workqueue("ab8500_btemp_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); 670 + alloc_workqueue("ab8500_btemp_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU, 671 + 0); 671 672 if (di->btemp_wq == NULL) { 672 673 dev_err(dev, "failed to create work queue\n"); 673 674 return -ENOMEM;
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drivers/power/supply/ipaq_micro_battery.c
··· 232 232 return -ENOMEM; 233 233 234 234 mb->micro = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent); 235 - mb->wq = alloc_workqueue("ipaq-battery-wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); 235 + mb->wq = alloc_workqueue("ipaq-battery-wq", 236 + WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU, 0); 236 237 if (!mb->wq) 237 238 return -ENOMEM; 238 239