dm-crypt: use unbound workqueue for request processing Use unbound workqueue so that work is automatically ballanced between available CPUs. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka --- drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-3.12.7/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.12.7.orig/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c 2014-01-10 18:16:40.436221258 +0100 +++ linux-3.12.7/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c 2014-01-10 18:16:44.415647148 +0100 @@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *t } cc->crypt_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd", - WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1); + WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, num_online_cpus()); if (!cc->crypt_queue) { ti->error = "Couldn't create kcryptd queue"; goto bad;