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net/ipv4: queue work on power efficient wq

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Workqueue used in ipv4 layer have no real dependency of scheduling these on the
cpu which scheduled them.

On a idle system, it is observed that an idle cpu wakes up many times just to
service this work. It would be better if we can schedule it on a cpu which the
scheduler believes to be the most appropriate one.

This patch replaces normal workqueues with power efficient versions. This
doesn't change existing behavior of code unless CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT is
enabled.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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viresh kumar 2014-01-22 12:23:32 +05:30 committed by David S. Miller
parent 7c90cc2d40
commit 906e073f3e
1 changed files with 6 additions and 4 deletions
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net/ipv4/devinet.c
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@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int __inet_insert_ifa(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
inet_hash_insert(dev_net(in_dev->dev), ifa);
cancel_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work);
schedule_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work, 0);
queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &check_lifetime_work, 0);
/* Send message first, then call notifier.
Notifier will trigger FIB update, so that
@ -684,7 +684,8 @@ static void check_lifetime(struct work_struct *work)
if (time_before(next_sched, now + ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MAX))
next_sched = now + ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MAX;
schedule_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work, next_sched - now);
queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &check_lifetime_work,
next_sched - now);
}
static void set_ifa_lifetime(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, __u32 valid_lft,
@ -842,7 +843,8 @@ static int inet_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
ifa = ifa_existing;
set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, valid_lft, prefered_lft);
cancel_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work);
schedule_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work, 0);
queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq,
&check_lifetime_work, 0);
rtmsg_ifa(RTM_NEWADDR, ifa, nlh, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
blocking_notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_UP, ifa);
}
@ -2322,7 +2324,7 @@ void __init devinet_init(void)
register_gifconf(PF_INET, inet_gifconf);
register_netdevice_notifier(&ip_netdev_notifier);
schedule_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work, 0);
queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &check_lifetime_work, 0);
rtnl_af_register(&inet_af_ops);