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SubjectRe: [PATCH rfc] workqueue: honour cond_resched() more effectively.
Hello,

On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 01:50:40PM +0000, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > I'm thinking the real problem is that you're abusing workqueues. Just
> > don't stuff so much work into it that this becomes a problem. Or
> > rather,
> > if you do, don't lie to it about it.
>
> If we can't use workqueues to call iput_final() on an inode, then what
> is the point of having them at all?
>
> Neil's use case is simply a file that has managed to accumulate a
> seriously large page cache, and is therefore taking a long time to
> complete the call to truncate_inode_pages_final(). Are you saying we
> have to allocate a dedicated thread for every case where this happens?

I think the right thing to do here is setting CPU_INTENSIVE or using an
unbound workqueue. Concurrency controlled per-cpu workqueue is unlikely to
be a good fit if the work can run long enough to need cond_resched(). Better
to let the scheduler handle it. Making workqueue warn against long-running
concurrency managed per-cpu work items would be great. I'll put that on my
todo list but if anyone is interested please be my guest.

Thanks.

--
tejun

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