linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio-scsi: reset virtqueue affinity when doing cpu hotplug

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:01:49 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, hutao@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, asias@...hat.com,
	stefanha@...hat.com, nab@...ux-iscsi.org,
	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio-scsi: reset virtqueue affinity when doing cpu hotplug

Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com> writes:
> Add hot cpu notifier to reset the request virtqueue affinity
> when doing cpu hotplug.

You need to be careful to get_online_cpus() and put_online_cpus() here,
so CPUs can't go up and down in the middle of operations.

In particular, get_online_cpus()/put_online_cpus() around calls to
virtscsi_set_affinity() (except within notifiers).

> +static int virtscsi_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
> +				 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
> +{
> +	struct virtio_scsi *vscsi = container_of(nfb, struct virtio_scsi, nb);
> +	switch(action) {
> +	case CPU_ONLINE:
> +	case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
> +	case CPU_DEAD:
> +	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
> +		virtscsi_set_affinity(vscsi, true);
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		break;
> +	}
> +	return NOTIFY_OK;
> +}

You probably want to remove affinities *before* the CPU goes down, and
restore it after the CPU comes up.

So, how about:

        switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
        case CPU_ONLINE:
        case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
                virtscsi_set_affinity(vscsi, true, -1);
                break;
        case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
                virtscsi_set_affinity(vscsi, true, (unsigned long)hcpu);
                break;
        }

The extra argument to virtscsi_set_affinity() is to tell it to ignore a
cpu which seems online (because it's going down).

>  static void virtscsi_init_vq(struct virtio_scsi_vq *virtscsi_vq,
>  			     struct virtqueue *vq)
>  {
> @@ -888,6 +909,13 @@ static int __devinit virtscsi_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  	if (err)
>  		goto virtscsi_init_failed;
>  
> +	vscsi->nb.notifier_call = &virtscsi_cpu_callback;
> +	err = register_hotcpu_notifier(&vscsi->nb);
> +	if (err) {
> +		pr_err("virtio_scsi: registering cpu notifier failed\n");
> +		goto scsi_add_host_failed;
> +	}
> +

You have to clean this up if scsi_add_host() fails, I think.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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