linux/crypto/crypto_wq.c
Tejun Heo c73b7d02da crypto: mark crypto workqueues CPU_INTENSIVE
kcrypto_wq and pcrypt->wq's are used to run ciphers and may consume
considerable amount of CPU cycles.  Mark both as CPU_INTENSIVE so that
they don't block other work items.

As the workqueues are primarily used to burn CPU cycles, concurrency
levels shouldn't matter much and are left at 1.  A higher value may be
beneficial and needs investigation.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2011-01-04 23:34:08 +11:00

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/*
* Workqueue for crypto subsystem
*
* Copyright (c) 2009 Intel Corp.
* Author: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
* Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
*/
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <crypto/algapi.h>
#include <crypto/crypto_wq.h>
struct workqueue_struct *kcrypto_wq;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kcrypto_wq);
static int __init crypto_wq_init(void)
{
kcrypto_wq = alloc_workqueue("crypto",
WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE, 1);
if (unlikely(!kcrypto_wq))
return -ENOMEM;
return 0;
}
static void __exit crypto_wq_exit(void)
{
destroy_workqueue(kcrypto_wq);
}
module_init(crypto_wq_init);
module_exit(crypto_wq_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Workqueue for crypto subsystem");