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Linus Torvalds d6b6d39054 workqueue: Changes for v6.13
- Maximum concurrency limit of 512 which was set a long time ago is too low
   now. A legitimate use (BPF cgroup release) of system_wq could saturate it
   under stress test conditions leading to false dependencies and deadlocks.
   While the offending use was switched to a dedicated workqueue, use the
   opportunity to bump WQ_MAX_ACTIVE four fold and document that system
   workqueue shouldn't be saturated. Workqueue should add at least a warning
   mechanism for cases where system workqueues are saturated.
 
 - Recent workqueue updates to support more flexible execution topology made
   unbound workqueues use per-cpu worker pool frontends which pushed up
   workqueue flush overhead. As consecutive CPUs are likely to be pointing to
   the same worker pool, reduce overhead by switching locks only when
   necessary.
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Merge tag 'wq-for-6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq

Pull workqueue updates from Tejun Heo:

 - The maximum concurrency limit of 512 which was set a long time ago is
   too low now.

   A legitimate use (BPF cgroup release) of system_wq could saturate it
   under stress test conditions leading to false dependencies and
   deadlocks.

   While the offending use was switched to a dedicated workqueue, use
   the opportunity to bump WQ_MAX_ACTIVE four fold and document that
   system workqueue shouldn't be saturated. Workqueue should add at
   least a warning mechanism for cases where system workqueues are
   saturated.

 - Recent workqueue updates to support more flexible execution topology
   made unbound workqueues use per-cpu worker pool frontends which
   pushed up workqueue flush overhead.

   As consecutive CPUs are likely to be pointing to the same worker
   pool, reduce overhead by switching locks only when necessary.

* tag 'wq-for-6.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
  workqueue: Reduce expensive locks for unbound workqueue
  workqueue: Adjust WQ_MAX_ACTIVE from 512 to 2048
  workqueue: doc: Add a note saturating the system_wq is not permitted
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arch Probes update for v6.13: 2024-11-20 09:36:05 -08:00
block for-6.13/block-20241118 2024-11-18 16:50:08 -08:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto Random number generator updates for Linux 6.13-rc1. 2024-11-19 10:43:44 -08:00
Documentation workqueue: Changes for v6.13 2024-11-20 09:41:11 -08:00
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ipc fdget(), more trivial conversions 2024-11-03 01:28:06 -05:00
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rust Locking changes for v6.13 are: 2024-11-19 12:43:11 -08:00
samples - Log and handle twp new AMD-specific MCA registers: SYND1 and SYND2 and 2024-11-19 12:04:51 -08:00
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security This update includes the following changes: 2024-11-19 10:28:41 -08:00
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tools Livepatching changes for 6.13 2024-11-20 09:33:23 -08:00
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virt the bulk of struct fd memory safety stuff 2024-11-18 12:24:06 -08:00
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.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
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CREDITS - Add support for Bluefield-2 SOCs to bluefield_edac 2024-11-19 12:00:10 -08:00
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README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.