Re: nbd: please don't spawn 16 threads when nbd is not even in use

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Nov 23 2022 - 17:02:12 EST


Hi!

> > I see this... and it looks like there are 16 workqueues before nbd is
> > even used. Surely there are better ways to do that?
>
> Yes, it would be nice to create a pool of workers that only spawns up
> threads when actual parallel requests are made. Are you willing to
> help write the patch?

I was thinking more "only spawn a workqueue when nbd is opened" or so.

I have 16 of them, and I'm not using nbd. Workqueue per open device is
okay, current situation... not so much.

Pavel
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