Re: [PATCH bpf-next 2/4] bpf: add bpf_thread_wq kthread-backed workqueue with cgroup placement

Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel.bpf,gmane.linux.kernel.cgroups,gmane.linux.kernel.mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello, Hui.

On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 03:01:50PM +0800, Hui Zhu wrote:
> Introduce bpf_thread_wq, a new BPF embedded map field similar to
> bpf_wq but backed by a dedicated kthread_worker instead of a system
> workqueue. The worker kthread can be attached to a specific cgroup at
> init time so BPF-deferred callbacks run under the resource limits of
> the target cgroup.

I find the name bpf_thread_wq unnecessarily confusing. The kernel
counterpart is kthread_worker, not workqueue. Maybe name it
bpf_kthread_worker?

Thanks.

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tejun
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