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[PATCH v2 nf-next] ipvs: Move defense_work and est_reload_work to system

To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PATCH v2 nf-next] ipvs: Move defense_work and est_reload_work to system_dfl_long_wq
Cc: Ismael Luceno <iluceno@xxxxxxx>, Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@xxxxxxxx>, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>, Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:IPVS), lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:IPVS), netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:NETFILTER), coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:NETFILTER)
From: Ismael Luceno <iluceno@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 12:10:50 +0200
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 <iluceno@xxxxxxx>
---
CC: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@xxxxxxxx>
CC: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Changes since v1:
* Rebased on nf-next
* Reworded commit message

 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 @@ #define DEFENSE_TIMER_PERIOD        1*HZ
        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 @@ #define DEFENSE_TIMER_PERIOD        1*HZ
        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 @@ do_ip_vs_get_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user 
*user, int *len)
                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 @@ #define pr_fmt(fmt) "IPVS: " fmt
        /* 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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