Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] workqueue: Make alloc_workqueue() unbound by default

[Marco Crivellari]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 04:01:47PM +0200, Marco Crivellari wrote:
> > +     if (unlikely(wq_unbound_by_default))
> > +             pr_warn_once("workqueue: %s is using neither WQ_PERCPU or WQ_UNBOUND. "
> > +                          "Setting WQ_UNBOUND.\n", wq->name);
>
> Why do we need to warn here? With this new approach, shouldn't users be
> able to rely on WQ_UNBOUND being the default and leave it out?

Yes, it was mostly to ensure users notice the change in behavior when
flags are not specified.

But I can remove it for the next version.

Thanks!

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Marco Crivellari

SUSE Labs