linux-kernel - Re: Question on handling managed IRQs when hotplugging CPUs

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Date:   Tue, 5 Feb 2019 08:16:36 -0700
From:   Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
To:     Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>
Cc:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Question on handling managed IRQs when hotplugging CPUs

On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 04:10:47PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 2/5/19 3:52 PM, Keith Busch wrote:
> > Whichever layer dispatched the IO to a CPU specific context should
> > be the one to wait for its completion. That should be blk-mq for most
> > block drivers.
> > 
> Indeed.
> But we don't provide any mechanisms for that ATM, right?
> 
> Maybe this would be a topic fit for LSF/MM?

Right, there's nothing handling this now, and sounds like it'd be a good
discussion to bring to the storage track.