[PATCH net-next 1/7] ipvs: Move defense_work and est_reload_work to system_dfl_long_wq

From: Ismael Luceno <[email protected]>

Under synflood conditions binding these handlers to system_long_wq may
pin them to a saturated CPU.

We've observed improved throughtput on a DPDK/VPP application with this
change, which we attribute to the reduced context switching.

Neither handler has per-CPU data dependencies nor cache locality
requirements that would prevent this change.

Signed-off-by: Ismael Luceno <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]>
---
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c | 6 +++---
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index bcf40b8c41cf..d7e669efab4d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static void defense_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 	update_defense_level(ipvs);
 	if (atomic_read(&ipvs->dropentry))
 		ip_vs_random_dropentry(ipvs);
-	queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ipvs->defense_work,
+	queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ipvs->defense_work,
 			   DEFENSE_TIMER_PERIOD);
 }
 #endif
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static void est_reload_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 	atomic_set(&ipvs->est_genid_done, genid);
 
 	if (repeat)
-		queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ipvs->est_reload_work,
+		queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ipvs->est_reload_work,
 				   delay);
 
 unlock:
@@ -5126,7 +5126,7 @@ static int __net_init ip_vs_control_net_init_sysctl(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 		goto err;
 
 	/* Schedule defense work */
-	queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ipvs->defense_work,
+	queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ipvs->defense_work,
 			   DEFENSE_TIMER_PERIOD);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
index ab09f5182951..78964aa861e9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_est.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ void ip_vs_est_reload_start(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, bool restart)
 	/* Bump the kthread configuration genid if stopping is requested */
 	if (restart)
 		atomic_inc(&ipvs->est_genid);
-	queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ipvs->est_reload_work, 0);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ipvs->est_reload_work, 0);
 }
 
 /* Start kthread task with current configuration */
-- 
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