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Linux 6.13 Quadrupling Workqueue Concurrency Limit
The Linux kernel Workqueue (WQ) is used for handling asynchronous process execution
Sent out today was the workqueue pull request for Linux 6.13 and of the two changes this cycle, most notable is increasing the maximum concurrency limit: A legitimate use (BPF cgroup release) of system_wq could saturate it under stress test conditions leading to false dependencies and deadlocks. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.
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