To speed cpu down processing up, use system_highpri_wq. As scheduling priority of workers on it is higher than system_wq and it is not contended by other normal works on this cpu, work on it is processed faster than system_wq.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <js1...@gmail.com> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 2945734..e17326e 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -3679,7 +3679,7 @@ static int __devinit workqueue_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE: /* unbinding should happen on the local CPU */ INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&unbind_work, gcwq_unbind_fn); - schedule_work_on(cpu, &unbind_work); + queue_work_on(cpu, system_highpri_wq, &unbind_work); flush_work(&unbind_work); break; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/