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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index 8a00cc42e498..ccf5b852fbf7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -1401,14 +1401,16 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
/* WQ_UNBOUND greatly improves performance when running on ramdisk */
wq_flags = WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND;
- if (v->use_tasklet) {
- /*
- * Allow verify_wq to preempt softirq since verification in
- * tasklet will fall-back to using it for error handling
- * (or if the bufio cache doesn't have required hashes).
- */
- wq_flags |= WQ_HIGHPRI;
- }
+ /*
+ * Using WQ_HIGHPRI improves throughput and completion latency by
+ * reducing wait times when reading from a dm-verity device.
+ *
+ * Also as required for the "try_verify_in_tasklet" feature: WQ_HIGHPRI
+ * allows verify_wq to preempt softirq since verification in tasklet
+ * will fall-back to using it for error handling (or if the bufio cache
+ * doesn't have required hashes).
+ */
+ wq_flags |= WQ_HIGHPRI;
v->verify_wq = alloc_workqueue("kverityd", wq_flags, num_online_cpus());
if (!v->verify_wq) {
ti->error = "Cannot allocate workqueue";