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r: 206239
b: refs/heads/master
c: f342179
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  206237: 898a040
  206235: d299faf
  206231: 01bcab8
  206223: bea4476
  206207: 935629f
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bdbc5dd7de5d07d6c9d3536e598956165a031d4c
+refs/heads/master: f34217977d717385a3e9fd7018ac39fade3964c0

trunk/include/linux/workqueue.h

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ enum {
 	WORK_NO_COLOR		= WORK_NR_COLORS,
 
 	/* special cpu IDs */
-	WORK_CPU_NONE		= NR_CPUS,
+	WORK_CPU_UNBOUND	= NR_CPUS,
+	WORK_CPU_NONE		= NR_CPUS + 1,
 	WORK_CPU_LAST		= WORK_CPU_NONE,
 
 	/*
@@ -237,11 +238,17 @@ enum {
 	WQ_RESCUER		= 1 << 3, /* has an rescue worker */
 	WQ_HIGHPRI		= 1 << 4, /* high priority */
 	WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE	= 1 << 5, /* cpu instensive workqueue */
+	WQ_UNBOUND		= 1 << 6, /* not bound to any cpu */
 
 	WQ_MAX_ACTIVE		= 512,	  /* I like 512, better ideas? */
+	WQ_MAX_UNBOUND_PER_CPU	= 4,	  /* 4 * #cpus for unbound wq */
 	WQ_DFL_ACTIVE		= WQ_MAX_ACTIVE / 2,
 };
 
+/* unbound wq's aren't per-cpu, scale max_active according to #cpus */
+#define WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE	\
+	max_t(int, WQ_MAX_ACTIVE, num_possible_cpus() * WQ_MAX_UNBOUND_PER_CPU)
+
 /*
  * System-wide workqueues which are always present.
  *
@@ -256,10 +263,16 @@ enum {
  * system_nrt_wq is non-reentrant and guarantees that any given work
  * item is never executed in parallel by multiple CPUs.  Queue
  * flushing might take relatively long.
+ *
+ * system_unbound_wq is unbound workqueue.  Workers are not bound to
+ * any specific CPU, not concurrency managed, and all queued works are
+ * executed immediately as long as max_active limit is not reached and
+ * resources are available.
  */
 extern struct workqueue_struct *system_wq;
 extern struct workqueue_struct *system_long_wq;
 extern struct workqueue_struct *system_nrt_wq;
+extern struct workqueue_struct *system_unbound_wq;
 
 extern struct workqueue_struct *
 __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *name, unsigned int flags, int max_active,