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    SubjectRe: [GIT PULL] fsverity fixes for v6.3-rc4
    On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 2:07 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote:
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    > Nathan Huckleberry (1):
    > fsverity: Remove WQ_UNBOUND from fsverity read workqueue

    There's a *lot* of other WQ_UNBOUND users. If it performs that badly,
    maybe there is something wrong with the workqueue code.

    Should people be warned to not use WQ_UNBOUND - or is there something
    very special about fsverity?

    Added Tejun to the cc. With one of the main documented reasons for
    WQ_UNBOUND being performance (both implicit "try to start execution of
    work items as soon as possible") and explicit ("CPU intensive
    workloads which can be better managed by the system scheduler"), maybe
    it's time to reconsider?

    WQ_UNBOUND adds a fair amount of complexity and special cases to the
    workqueues, and this is now the second "let's remove it because it's
    hurting things in a big way".

    Linus

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