linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/irq: Do not check available vectors if current CPU has no irq to migrate

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Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:51:51 +0800
From:   Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
To:     Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/irq: Do not check available vectors if current CPU
 has no irq to migrate

Hi Prarit,
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 07:26:31AM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/09/2017 09:53 AM, Chen Yu wrote:
> > This is an optimization to bypass the free vector checking if the current
> > CPU has no irq to migrate. This can especially speed up the CPU offline
> > process when there are many CPUs in the system.
> 
> Chen, OOC how much time does this save?
> 
Previously I was doing some debugging on irq related issue
when check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable() printed a warning
on that platform, thus I incidentally look at this code and
did not measure it : )

I've just done a comparison of the function duration of
check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable() with/without the patch
(32 online CPUs)
before patch:
[001] d..1   264.017803: check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable <-native_cpu_disable
[001] d..1   264.017886: clear_local_APIC <-native_cpu_disable
after patch:
[001] d..1   862.011847: check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable <-native_cpu_disable
[001] d..1   862.011850: clear_local_APIC <-native_cpu_disable
About  (83 - 17) = 66 microsecond.

thanks,
Yu
> P.
> 
> > 
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> > Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> > Cc: x86@...nel.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/irq.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
> > index 4d8183b..b9bdc1e 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
> > @@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ int check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable(void)
> >  		    !cpumask_subset(&affinity_new, &online_new))
> >  			this_count++;
> >  	}
> > +	/* No need to check any further. */
> > +	if (!this_count)
> > +		return 0;
> >  
> >  	count = 0;
> >  	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> >