workqueue: Add warnings and fallback if system_{unbound}_wq is used

Currently many users transitioned already to the new introduced workqueue
(system_percpu_wq, system_dfl_wq), but there are new users who still use the
older system_wq and system_unbound_wq.

This change try to push this transition forward, by warning whether the old
workqueues are used.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Marco Crivellari 2026-05-29 15:06:39 +02:00 committed by Tejun Heo
parent 611583a76e
commit 64d8eae3f8
2 changed files with 11 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ enum wq_flags {
__WQ_DRAINING = 1 << 16, /* internal: workqueue is draining */
__WQ_ORDERED = 1 << 17, /* internal: workqueue is ordered */
__WQ_LEGACY = 1 << 18, /* internal: create*_workqueue() */
__WQ_DEPRECATED = 1 << 19, /* internal: workqueue is deprecated */
/* BH wq only allows the following flags */
__WQ_BH_ALLOWS = WQ_BH | WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_PERCPU,

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@ -2280,6 +2280,14 @@ static void __queue_work(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
unsigned int work_flags;
unsigned int req_cpu = cpu;
/*
* NOTE: Check whether the used workqueue is deprecated and warn
*/
if (unlikely(wq->flags & __WQ_DEPRECATED))
pr_warn_once("workqueue: work func %ps enqueued on deprecated workqueue. "
"Use system_{percpu|dfl}_wq instead.\n",
work->func);
/*
* While a work item is PENDING && off queue, a task trying to
* steal the PENDING will busy-loop waiting for it to either get
@ -8013,12 +8021,12 @@ void __init workqueue_init_early(void)
ordered_wq_attrs[i] = attrs;
}
system_wq = alloc_workqueue("events", WQ_PERCPU, 0);
system_wq = alloc_workqueue("events", WQ_PERCPU | __WQ_DEPRECATED, 0);
system_percpu_wq = alloc_workqueue("events", WQ_PERCPU, 0);
system_highpri_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_highpri",
WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_PERCPU, 0);
system_long_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_long", WQ_PERCPU, 0);
system_unbound_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_unbound", WQ_UNBOUND, WQ_MAX_ACTIVE);
system_unbound_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_unbound", WQ_UNBOUND | __WQ_DEPRECATED, WQ_MAX_ACTIVE);
system_dfl_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_unbound", WQ_UNBOUND, WQ_MAX_ACTIVE);
system_freezable_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_freezable",
WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_PERCPU, 0);