linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] blk-mq: create hctx for each present CPU

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Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2017 15:04:11 -0700
From:   Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] blk-mq: create hctx for each present CPU

On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 04:04:02PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Currently we only create hctx for online CPUs, which can lead to a lot
> of churn due to frequent soft offline / online operations.  Instead
> allocate one for each present CPU to avoid this and dramatically simplify
> the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Oh man, this cleanup is great. Did you run blktests on this? block/008
does a bunch of hotplugging while I/O is running.