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Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:36:34 +0800
From:   Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@...cle.com>
To:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com, cohuck@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] virtio-blk: limit number of hw queues by nr_cpu_ids

When tag_set->nr_maps is 1, the block layer limits the number of hw queues
by nr_cpu_ids. No matter how many hw queues are used by virtio-blk, as it
has (tag_set->nr_maps == 1), it can use at most nr_cpu_ids hw queues.

In addition, specifically for pci scenario, when the 'num-queues' specified
by qemu is more than maxcpus, virtio-blk would not be able to allocate more
than maxcpus vectors in order to have a vector for each queue. As a result,
it falls back into MSI-X with one vector for config and one shared for
queues.

Considering above reasons, this patch limits the number of hw queues used
by virtio-blk by nr_cpu_ids.

Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 4bc083b..b83cb45 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ static int init_vq(struct virtio_blk *vblk)
 	if (err)
 		num_vqs = 1;
 
+	num_vqs = min_t(unsigned int, nr_cpu_ids, num_vqs);
+
 	vblk->vqs = kmalloc_array(num_vqs, sizeof(*vblk->vqs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vblk->vqs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.7.4

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