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
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Linus Torvalds 2013-07-02 19:53:30 -07:00
commit f317ff9eed
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@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static void cursor_timer_handler(unsigned long dev_addr)
struct fb_info *info = (struct fb_info *) dev_addr;
struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
schedule_work(&info->queue);
queue_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &info->queue);
mod_timer(&ops->cursor_timer, jiffies + HZ/5);
}