linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for December 19 (new CONFIG_NUMA_MIGRATE_IRQ

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Message-ID: <20081219214031.GD2351@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:40:31 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for December 19 (new
	CONFIG_NUMA_MIGRATE_IRQ_DESC option)


* Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com> wrote:

> On Friday 19 December 2008, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Changes since 20081218:
>  
> Just few very minor issues w.r.t. "x86, sparseirq: move irq_desc according
> to smp_affinity, v7" (commit 48a1b10aff588833b73994704c47bbd0deb73e9c):
> 
> +config NUMA_MIGRATE_IRQ_DESC
> +	bool "Move irq desc when changing irq smp_affinity"
> +	depends on SPARSE_IRQ && SMP
> +	default n
> +	help
> +	  This enables moving irq_desc to cpu/node that irq will use handled.
> +
> +	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
> 
> This is a bit confusing (at least I was confused since I don't have NUMA 
> set in my config) -- either it should depend on NUMA or the config 
> option name should be changed.

yeah, should be "depends on NUMA".

> @@ -2346,14 +2466,34 @@ static void irq_complete_move(struct irq_desc **descp)
>  	struct irq_cfg *cfg = desc->chip_data;
>  	unsigned vector, me;
>  
> -	if (likely(!cfg->move_in_progress))
> +	if (likely(!cfg->move_in_progress)) {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_MIGRATE_IRQ_DESC
> +		if (likely(!cfg->move_desc_pending))
> +			return;
> +
> +		/* domain is not change, but affinity is changed */
> 
> this comment sounds weird
> 
> perhaps: /* only affinity is changed */ would be better?

perhaps:

	/* domain has not changed, but affinity did */

> +++ b/kernel/irq/numa_migrate.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
> +/*
> + * linux/kernel/irq/handle.c
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 1992, 1998-2006 Linus Torvalds, Ingo Molnar
> + * Copyright (C) 2005-2006, Thomas Gleixner, Russell King
> + *
> + * This file contains the core interrupt handling code.
> + *
> + * Detailed information is available in Documentation/DocBook/genericirq
> + *
> + */
> 
> hmmm? ;-)

indeed, needs fixing too :)

	Ingo
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