Merge branch 'for-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq

Pull workqueue changes from Tejun Heo:
 "Surprisingly, Lai and I didn't break too many things implementing
  custom pools and stuff last time around and there aren't any follow-up
  changes necessary at this point.

  The only change in this pull request is Viresh's patches to make some
  per-cpu workqueues to behave as unbound workqueues dependent on a boot
  param whose default can be configured via a config option.  This leads
  to higher processing overhead / lower bandwidth as more work items are
  bounced across CPUs; however, it can lead to noticeable powersave in
  certain configurations - ~10% w/ idlish constant workload on a
  big.LITTLE configuration according to Viresh.

  This is because per-cpu workqueues interfere with how the scheduler
  perceives whether or not each CPU is idle by forcing pinned tasks on
  them, which makes the scheduler's power-aware scheduling decisions
  less effective.

  Its effectiveness is likely less pronounced on homogenous
  configurations and this type of optimization can probably be made
  automatic; however, the changes are pretty minimal and the affected
  workqueues are clearly marked, so it's an easy gain for some
  configurations for the time being with pretty unintrusive changes."

* 'for-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
  fbcon: queue work on power efficient wq
  block: queue work on power efficient wq
  PHYLIB: queue work on system_power_efficient_wq
  workqueue: Add system wide power_efficient workqueues
  workqueues: Introduce new flag WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT for power oriented workqueues

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig
index 9c39de095ba9..d444c4e834f4 100644
--- a/kernel/power/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig
@@ -262,6 +262,26 @@ 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