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-rw-r--r--kernel/power/Kconfig20
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c13
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig
index 5dfdc9ea180b..46455961a88f 100644
--- a/kernel/power/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig
@@ -263,6 +263,26 @@ config PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS
bool
depends on PM
+config WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT
+ bool "Enable workqueue power-efficient mode by default"
+ depends on PM
+ default n
+ help
+ Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because they show
+ better performance thanks to cache locality; unfortunately,
+ per-cpu workqueues tend to be more power hungry than unbound
+ workqueues.
+
+ Enabling workqueue.power_efficient kernel parameter makes the
+ per-cpu workqueues which were observed to contribute
+ significantly to power consumption unbound, leading to measurably
+ lower power usage at the cost of small performance overhead.
+
+ This config option determines whether workqueue.power_efficient
+ is enabled by default.
+
+ If in doubt, say N.
+
config PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS_SLEEP
def_bool y
depends on PM_SLEEP && PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 4aa9f5bc6b2d..8068d97ce141 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ static cpumask_var_t *wq_numa_possible_cpumask;
static bool wq_disable_numa;
module_param_named(disable_numa, wq_disable_numa, bool, 0444);
+/* see the comment above the definition of WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT */
+#ifdef CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT
+static bool wq_power_efficient = true;
+#else
+static bool wq_power_efficient;
+#endif
+
+module_param_named(power_efficient, wq_power_efficient, bool, 0444);
+
static bool wq_numa_enabled; /* unbound NUMA affinity enabled */
/* buf for wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs(), protected by CPU hotplug exclusion */
@@ -4085,6 +4094,10 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt,
struct workqueue_struct *wq;
struct pool_workqueue *pwq;
+ /* see the comment above the definition of WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT */
+ if ((flags & WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT) && wq_power_efficient)
+ flags |= WQ_UNBOUND;
+
/* allocate wq and format name */
if (flags & WQ_UNBOUND)
tbl_size = wq_numa_tbl_len * sizeof(wq->numa_pwq_tbl[0]);