root/lib/test_workqueue.c
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

/*
 * Test module for stress and performance analysis of workqueue.
 *
 * Benchmarks queue_work() throughput on an unbound workqueue to measure
 * pool->lock contention under different affinity scope configurations
 * (e.g., cache vs cache_shard).
 *
 * The affinity scope is changed between runs via the workqueue's sysfs
 * affinity_scope attribute (WQ_SYSFS).
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2026 Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates
 * Copyright (c) 2026 Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
 *
 */
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/ktime.h>
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/sort.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>

#define WQ_NAME "bench_wq"
#define SCOPE_PATH "/sys/bus/workqueue/devices/" WQ_NAME "/affinity_scope"

static int nr_threads;
module_param(nr_threads, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_threads,
                 "Number of threads to spawn (default: 0 = num_online_cpus())");

static int wq_items = 50000;
module_param(wq_items, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(wq_items,
                 "Number of work items each thread queues (default: 50000)");

static struct workqueue_struct *bench_wq;
static atomic_t threads_done;
static DECLARE_COMPLETION(start_comp);
static DECLARE_COMPLETION(all_done_comp);

struct thread_ctx {
        struct completion work_done;
        struct work_struct work;
        u64 *latencies;
        int cpu;
        int items;
};

static void bench_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
{
        struct thread_ctx *ctx = container_of(work, struct thread_ctx, work);

        complete(&ctx->work_done);
}

static int bench_kthread_fn(void *data)
{
        struct thread_ctx *ctx = data;
        ktime_t t_start, t_end;
        int i;

        /* Wait for all threads to be ready */
        wait_for_completion(&start_comp);

        if (kthread_should_stop())
                return 0;

        for (i = 0; i < ctx->items; i++) {
                reinit_completion(&ctx->work_done);
                INIT_WORK(&ctx->work, bench_work_fn);

                t_start = ktime_get();
                queue_work(bench_wq, &ctx->work);
                t_end = ktime_get();

                ctx->latencies[i] = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(t_end, t_start));
                wait_for_completion(&ctx->work_done);
        }

        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&threads_done))
                complete(&all_done_comp);

        /*
         * Wait for kthread_stop() so the module text isn't freed
         * while we're still executing.
         */
        while (!kthread_should_stop())
                schedule();

        return 0;
}

static int cmp_u64(const void *a, const void *b)
{
        u64 va = *(const u64 *)a;
        u64 vb = *(const u64 *)b;

        if (va < vb)
                return -1;
        if (va > vb)
                return 1;
        return 0;
}

static int __init set_affn_scope(const char *scope)
{
        struct file *f;
        loff_t pos = 0;
        ssize_t ret;

        f = filp_open(SCOPE_PATH, O_WRONLY, 0);
        if (IS_ERR(f)) {
                pr_err("test_workqueue: open %s failed: %ld\n",
                       SCOPE_PATH, PTR_ERR(f));
                return PTR_ERR(f);
        }

        ret = kernel_write(f, scope, strlen(scope), &pos);
        filp_close(f, NULL);

        if (ret < 0) {
                pr_err("test_workqueue: write '%s' failed: %zd\n", scope, ret);
                return ret;
        }

        return 0;
}

static int __init run_bench(int n_threads, const char *scope, const char *label)
{
        struct task_struct **tasks;
        unsigned long total_items;
        struct thread_ctx *ctxs;
        u64 *all_latencies;
        ktime_t start, end;
        int cpu, i, j, ret;
        s64 elapsed_us;

        ret = set_affn_scope(scope);
        if (ret)
                return ret;

        ctxs = kcalloc(n_threads, sizeof(*ctxs), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!ctxs)
                return -ENOMEM;

        tasks = kcalloc(n_threads, sizeof(*tasks), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!tasks) {
                kfree(ctxs);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }

        total_items = (unsigned long)n_threads * wq_items;
        all_latencies = kvmalloc_array(total_items, sizeof(u64), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!all_latencies) {
                kfree(tasks);
                kfree(ctxs);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }

        /* Allocate per-thread latency arrays */
        for (i = 0; i < n_threads; i++) {
                ctxs[i].latencies = kvmalloc_array(wq_items, sizeof(u64),
                                                   GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!ctxs[i].latencies) {
                        while (--i >= 0)
                                kvfree(ctxs[i].latencies);
                        kvfree(all_latencies);
                        kfree(tasks);
                        kfree(ctxs);
                        return -ENOMEM;
                }
        }

        atomic_set(&threads_done, n_threads);
        reinit_completion(&all_done_comp);
        reinit_completion(&start_comp);

        /* Create kthreads, each bound to a different online CPU */
        i = 0;
        for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
                if (i >= n_threads)
                        break;

                ctxs[i].cpu = cpu;
                ctxs[i].items = wq_items;
                init_completion(&ctxs[i].work_done);

                tasks[i] = kthread_create(bench_kthread_fn, &ctxs[i],
                                          "wq_bench/%d", cpu);
                if (IS_ERR(tasks[i])) {
                        ret = PTR_ERR(tasks[i]);
                        pr_err("test_workqueue: failed to create kthread %d: %d\n",
                               i, ret);
                        /* Unblock threads waiting on start_comp before stopping them */
                        complete_all(&start_comp);
                        while (--i >= 0)
                                kthread_stop(tasks[i]);
                        goto out_free;
                }

                kthread_bind(tasks[i], cpu);
                wake_up_process(tasks[i]);
                i++;
        }

        /* Start timing and release all threads */
        start = ktime_get();
        complete_all(&start_comp);

        /* Wait for all threads to finish the benchmark */
        wait_for_completion(&all_done_comp);

        /* Drain any remaining work */
        flush_workqueue(bench_wq);

        /* Ensure all kthreads have fully exited before module memory is freed */
        for (i = 0; i < n_threads; i++)
                kthread_stop(tasks[i]);

        end = ktime_get();
        elapsed_us = ktime_us_delta(end, start);

        /* Merge all per-thread latencies and sort for percentile calculation */
        j = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < n_threads; i++) {
                memcpy(&all_latencies[j], ctxs[i].latencies,
                       wq_items * sizeof(u64));
                j += wq_items;
        }

        sort(all_latencies, total_items, sizeof(u64), cmp_u64, NULL);

        pr_info("test_workqueue:   %-16s %llu items/sec\tp50=%llu\tp90=%llu\tp95=%llu ns\n",
                label,
                elapsed_us ? div_u64(total_items * 1000000ULL, elapsed_us) : 0,
                all_latencies[total_items * 50 / 100],
                all_latencies[total_items * 90 / 100],
                all_latencies[total_items * 95 / 100]);

        ret = 0;
out_free:
        for (i = 0; i < n_threads; i++)
                kvfree(ctxs[i].latencies);
        kvfree(all_latencies);
        kfree(tasks);
        kfree(ctxs);

        return ret;
}

static const char * const bench_scopes[] = {
        "cpu", "smt", "cache_shard", "cache", "numa", "system",
};

static int __init test_workqueue_init(void)
{
        int n_threads = min(nr_threads ?: num_online_cpus(), num_online_cpus());
        int i;

        if (wq_items <= 0) {
                pr_err("test_workqueue: wq_items must be > 0\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }

        bench_wq = alloc_workqueue(WQ_NAME, WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_SYSFS, 0);
        if (!bench_wq)
                return -ENOMEM;

        pr_info("test_workqueue: running %d threads, %d items/thread\n",
                n_threads, wq_items);

        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(bench_scopes); i++)
                run_bench(n_threads, bench_scopes[i], bench_scopes[i]);

        destroy_workqueue(bench_wq);

        /* Return -EAGAIN so the module doesn't stay loaded after the benchmark */
        return -EAGAIN;
}

module_init(test_workqueue_init);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Stress/performance benchmark for workqueue subsystem");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");