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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac, branch master</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>wifi: qtnfmac: topaz: defer IRQ enabling until IPC init</title>
<updated>2026-06-03T12:11:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Runyu Xiao</name>
<email>runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-31T14:54:35+00:00</published>
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qtnf_pcie_topaz_probe() currently calls devm_request_irq() and only then
disable_irq(). request_irq() installs the action in the irq core
immediately, so qtnf_pcie_topaz_interrupt() can run before the Topaz
private IRQ consumers are initialized, if the hardware misbehaves.

This window is reachable on a running system as soon as probe has
successfully registered pdev-&gt;irq but before qtnf_pcie_init_shm_ipc()
sets shm_ipc_ep_in/out.irq_handler. If an interrupt is delivered in
this interval, qtnf_pcie_topaz_interrupt() calls
qtnf_shm_ipc_irq_handler() for shm_ipc_ep_in/out while their irq_handler
callbacks are still unset, so the driver can observe an early IRQ
before its IPC consumer state is ready.

The issue was found on Linux v6.18.21 by our static analysis tool while
scanning request_irq()/disable_irq() registration-order bugs in
wireless PCIe drivers, and then manually reviewed.

Request the IRQ with IRQF_NO_AUTOEN instead and keep the existing
enable_irq() in qtnf_post_init_ep() as the point where interrupts
become visible. This closes the early-IRQ window while preserving the
intended bring-up order.

Signed-off-by: Runyu Xiao &lt;runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260531145435.701703-1-runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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qtnf_pcie_topaz_probe() currently calls devm_request_irq() and only then
disable_irq(). request_irq() installs the action in the irq core
immediately, so qtnf_pcie_topaz_interrupt() can run before the Topaz
private IRQ consumers are initialized, if the hardware misbehaves.

This window is reachable on a running system as soon as probe has
successfully registered pdev-&gt;irq but before qtnf_pcie_init_shm_ipc()
sets shm_ipc_ep_in/out.irq_handler. If an interrupt is delivered in
this interval, qtnf_pcie_topaz_interrupt() calls
qtnf_shm_ipc_irq_handler() for shm_ipc_ep_in/out while their irq_handler
callbacks are still unset, so the driver can observe an early IRQ
before its IPC consumer state is ready.

The issue was found on Linux v6.18.21 by our static analysis tool while
scanning request_irq()/disable_irq() registration-order bugs in
wireless PCIe drivers, and then manually reviewed.

Request the IRQ with IRQF_NO_AUTOEN instead and keep the existing
enable_irq() in qtnf_post_init_ep() as the point where interrupts
become visible. This closes the early-IRQ window while preserving the
intended bring-up order.

Signed-off-by: Runyu Xiao &lt;runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260531145435.701703-1-runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>wifi: cfg80211: move AP HT/VHT/... operation to beacon info</title>
<updated>2026-04-28T07:29:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Berg</name>
<email>johannes.berg@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-15T12:42:13+00:00</published>
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The HT/VHT/HE/EHT/UHR operation can change, and might thus be
updated on each beacon update. Move them to the beacon struct
and parse them out of the beacon also on updates, not just on
starting the AP.

This also fixes checks in two ways:
 - Regulatory checks in nl80211_validate_ap_phy_operation() are
   now done also on updates, disallowing enabling HE/EHT/UHR on
   channels that don't allow that after start. This checks only
   operation now, but clients can't use it without operation.
 - NL80211_ATTR_UHR_OPERATION is now required whenever UHR is
   present in the beacon, and rejected otherwise.

Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit &lt;miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260415144514.f70758a46904.I0d21120b41eed661eefc61d5417dadaae7145845@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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The HT/VHT/HE/EHT/UHR operation can change, and might thus be
updated on each beacon update. Move them to the beacon struct
and parse them out of the beacon also on updates, not just on
starting the AP.

This also fixes checks in two ways:
 - Regulatory checks in nl80211_validate_ap_phy_operation() are
   now done also on updates, disallowing enabling HE/EHT/UHR on
   channels that don't allow that after start. This checks only
   operation now, but clients can't use it without operation.
 - NL80211_ATTR_UHR_OPERATION is now required whenever UHR is
   present in the beacon, and rejected otherwise.

Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit &lt;miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260415144514.f70758a46904.I0d21120b41eed661eefc61d5417dadaae7145845@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>qtnfmac: use alloc_netdev macro for single queue devices</title>
<updated>2026-03-19T08:08:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Roi L</name>
<email>roeilev321_@outlook.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-14T16:08:49+00:00</published>
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alloc_netdev is a macro for single queue devices, so there's no need to
call alloc_netdev_mqs with a single tx/rx queue.

Signed-off-by: Roi L &lt;roeilev321_@outlook.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/SN6PR05MB58064E57FE979CE7B2BF7EF3DD42A@SN6PR05MB5806.namprd05.prod.outlook.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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alloc_netdev is a macro for single queue devices, so there's no need to
call alloc_netdev_mqs with a single tx/rx queue.

Signed-off-by: Roi L &lt;roeilev321_@outlook.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/SN6PR05MB58064E57FE979CE7B2BF7EF3DD42A@SN6PR05MB5806.namprd05.prod.outlook.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>wifi: cfg80211: support key installation on non-netdev wdevs</title>
<updated>2026-03-02T10:28:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Avraham Stern</name>
<email>avraham.stern@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-07T13:20:02+00:00</published>
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Currently key installation is only supported for netdev. For NAN,
support most key operations (except setting default data key) on
wdevs instead of netdevs, and adjust all the APIs and tracing to
match.

Since nothing currently sets NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SECURE_NAN, this
doesn't change anything (P2P Device already isn't allowed.)

Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern &lt;avraham.stern@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit &lt;miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107150057.69a0cfad95fa.I00efdf3b2c11efab82ef6ece9f393382bcf33ba8@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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Currently key installation is only supported for netdev. For NAN,
support most key operations (except setting default data key) on
wdevs instead of netdevs, and adjust all the APIs and tracing to
match.

Since nothing currently sets NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SECURE_NAN, this
doesn't change anything (P2P Device already isn't allowed.)

Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern &lt;avraham.stern@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit &lt;miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107150057.69a0cfad95fa.I00efdf3b2c11efab82ef6ece9f393382bcf33ba8@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>wifi: nl80211/cfg80211: support stations of non-netdev interfaces</title>
<updated>2026-03-02T08:23:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miri Korenblit</name>
<email>miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-19T09:47:13+00:00</published>
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Currently, a station can only be added to a netdev interface,
mainly because there was no need for a station of a non-netdev
interface.

But for NAN, we will have stations that belong to the NL80211_IFTYPE_NAN
interface.

Prepare for adding/changing/deleting a station that belongs to a non-netdev
interface. This doesn't actually allow such stations - this will be done
in a different patch.

Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit &lt;miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260219114327.65c9cc96f814.Ic02066b88bb8ad6b21e15cbea8d720280008c83b@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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Currently, a station can only be added to a netdev interface,
mainly because there was no need for a station of a non-netdev
interface.

But for NAN, we will have stations that belong to the NL80211_IFTYPE_NAN
interface.

Prepare for adding/changing/deleting a station that belongs to a non-netdev
interface. This doesn't actually allow such stations - this will be done
in a different patch.

Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit &lt;miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260219114327.65c9cc96f814.Ic02066b88bb8ad6b21e15cbea8d720280008c83b@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T16:26:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T07:46:04+00:00</published>
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Conversion performed via this Coccinelle script:

  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
  // Options: --include-headers-for-types --all-includes --include-headers --keep-comments
  virtual patch

  @gfp depends on patch &amp;&amp; !(file in "tools") &amp;&amp; !(file in "samples")@
  identifier ALLOC = {kmalloc_obj,kmalloc_objs,kmalloc_flex,
 		    kzalloc_obj,kzalloc_objs,kzalloc_flex,
		    kvmalloc_obj,kvmalloc_objs,kvmalloc_flex,
		    kvzalloc_obj,kvzalloc_objs,kvzalloc_flex};
  @@

  	ALLOC(...
  -		, GFP_KERNEL
  	)

  $ make coccicheck MODE=patch COCCI=gfp.cocci

Build and boot tested x86_64 with Fedora 42's GCC and Clang:

Linux version 6.19.0+ (user@host) (gcc (GCC) 15.2.1 20260123 (Red Hat 15.2.1-7), GNU ld version 2.44-12.fc42) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 1970-01-01
Linux version 6.19.0+ (user@host) (clang version 20.1.8 (Fedora 20.1.8-4.fc42), LLD 20.1.8) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 1970-01-01

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Conversion performed via this Coccinelle script:

  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
  // Options: --include-headers-for-types --all-includes --include-headers --keep-comments
  virtual patch

  @gfp depends on patch &amp;&amp; !(file in "tools") &amp;&amp; !(file in "samples")@
  identifier ALLOC = {kmalloc_obj,kmalloc_objs,kmalloc_flex,
 		    kzalloc_obj,kzalloc_objs,kzalloc_flex,
		    kvmalloc_obj,kvmalloc_objs,kvmalloc_flex,
		    kvzalloc_obj,kvzalloc_objs,kvzalloc_flex};
  @@

  	ALLOC(...
  -		, GFP_KERNEL
  	)

  $ make coccicheck MODE=patch COCCI=gfp.cocci

Build and boot tested x86_64 with Fedora 42's GCC and Clang:

Linux version 6.19.0+ (user@host) (gcc (GCC) 15.2.1 20260123 (Red Hat 15.2.1-7), GNU ld version 2.44-12.fc42) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 1970-01-01
Linux version 6.19.0+ (user@host) (clang version 20.1.8 (Fedora 20.1.8-4.fc42), LLD 20.1.8) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 1970-01-01

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00</published>
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This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split
over multiple lines.  I only did the ones that are easy to verify the
resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next
line.

Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for
me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the
middle of the script.  I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial.

So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the
syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed'
scripts.

The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want
whitespace cleanup anyway.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split
over multiple lines.  I only did the ones that are easy to verify the
resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next
line.

Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for
me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the
middle of the script.  I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial.

So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the
syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed'
scripts.

The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want
whitespace cleanup anyway.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>wifi: qtnfmac: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users</title>
<updated>2025-11-20T09:25:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Crivellari</name>
<email>marco.crivellari@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-13T16:00:35+00:00</published>
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Currently if a user enqueues a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistency cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
For more details see the Link tag below.

alloc_workqueue() treats all queues as per-CPU by default, while unbound
workqueues must opt-in via WQ_UNBOUND.

This default is suboptimal: most workloads benefit from unbound queues,
allowing the scheduler to place worker threads where they’re needed and
reducing noise when CPUs are isolated.

This continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which began with
the introduction of new workqueues and a new alloc_workqueue flag in:

commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq")
commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag")

This change adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to explicitly request
alloc_workqueue() to be per-cpu when WQ_UNBOUND has not been specified.

With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND),
any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND
must now use WQ_PERCPU.

Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit default.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari &lt;marco.crivellari@suse.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113160035.376524-1-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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Currently if a user enqueues a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistency cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
For more details see the Link tag below.

alloc_workqueue() treats all queues as per-CPU by default, while unbound
workqueues must opt-in via WQ_UNBOUND.

This default is suboptimal: most workloads benefit from unbound queues,
allowing the scheduler to place worker threads where they’re needed and
reducing noise when CPUs are isolated.

This continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which began with
the introduction of new workqueues and a new alloc_workqueue flag in:

commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq")
commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag")

This change adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag to explicitly request
alloc_workqueue() to be per-cpu when WQ_UNBOUND has not been specified.

With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND),
any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND
must now use WQ_PERCPU.

Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit default.

Suggested-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari &lt;marco.crivellari@suse.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113160035.376524-1-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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