linux-kernel - RE: [Patch v4] genirq/matrix: Choose CPU for managed IRQs based on how many of them are allocated

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Date:   Tue, 6 Nov 2018 23:01:48 +0000
From:   Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Patch v4] genirq/matrix: Choose CPU for managed IRQs based on
 how many of them are allocated

> Subject: Re: [Patch v4] genirq/matrix: Choose CPU for managed IRQs based
> on how many of them are allocated
> 
> Long,
> 
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018, Long Li wrote:
> 
> > From: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
> >
> > On a large system with multiple devices of the same class (e.g. NVMe
> > disks, using managed IRQs), the kernel tends to concentrate their IRQs
> > on several CPUs.
> 
> Thanks for addressing the comments. Well done.
> 
> I've merged it, but took the liberty to rework the changelog so all the
> background information which we exchanged over the various iterations is
> preserved there.

Thank you!

Long

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx