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-rw-r--r--block/blk-core.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 151070541e21..3689319a5974 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2606,7 +2606,9 @@ int __init blk_dev_init(void)
BUILD_BUG_ON(__REQ_NR_BITS > 8 *
sizeof(((struct request *)0)->cmd_flags));
- kblockd_workqueue = create_workqueue("kblockd");
+ /* used for unplugging and affects IO latency/throughput - HIGHPRI */
+ kblockd_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kblockd",
+ WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
if (!kblockd_workqueue)
panic("Failed to create kblockd\n");