linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] genirq/affinity: Improve __irq_build_affinity

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Message-ID: <20190822160311.GA15264@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:03:12 -0600
From:   Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        "linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "Derrick, Jonathan" <jonathan.derrick@...el.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] genirq/affinity: Improve
 __irq_build_affinity_masks()

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 05:49:36AM -0700, Ming Lei wrote:
> One invariant of __irq_build_affinity_masks() is that all CPUs in the
> specified masks( cpu_mask AND node_to_cpumask for each node) should be
> covered during the spread. Even though all requested vectors have been
> reached, we still need to spread vectors among remained CPUs. The similar
> policy has been taken in case of 'numvecs <= nodes' already:
> 
> So remove the following check inside the loop:
> 
> 	if (done >= numvecs)
> 		break;
> 
> Meantime assign at least 1 vector for remained nodes if 'numvecs' vectors
> have been handled already.
> 
> Also, if the specified cpumask for one numa node is empty, simply not
> spread vectors on this node.
> 
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Cc: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
> Cc: Jon Derrick <jonathan.derrick@...el.com>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>

Looks good to me

Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
 
> ---
>  kernel/irq/affinity.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/affinity.c b/kernel/irq/affinity.c
> index 6fef48033f96..c7cca942bd8a 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/affinity.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/affinity.c
> @@ -129,14 +129,26 @@ static int __irq_build_affinity_masks(unsigned int startvec,
>  	for_each_node_mask(n, nodemsk) {
>  		unsigned int ncpus, v, vecs_to_assign, vecs_per_node;
>  
> -		/* Spread the vectors per node */
> -		vecs_per_node = (numvecs - (curvec - firstvec)) / nodes;
> -
>  		/* Get the cpus on this node which are in the mask */
>  		cpumask_and(nmsk, cpu_mask, node_to_cpumask[n]);
> -
> -		/* Calculate the number of cpus per vector */
>  		ncpus = cpumask_weight(nmsk);
> +		if (!ncpus)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Calculate the number of cpus per vector
> +		 *
> +		 * Spread the vectors evenly per node. If the requested
> +		 * vector number has been reached, simply allocate one
> +		 * vector for each remaining node so that all nodes can
> +		 * be covered
> +		 */
> +		if (numvecs > done)
> +			vecs_per_node = max_t(unsigned,
> +					(numvecs - done) / nodes, 1);
> +		else
> +			vecs_per_node = 1;
> +
>  		vecs_to_assign = min(vecs_per_node, ncpus);
>  
>  		/* Account for rounding errors */
> @@ -156,13 +168,11 @@ static int __irq_build_affinity_masks(unsigned int startvec,
>  		}
>  
>  		done += v;
> -		if (done >= numvecs)
> -			break;
>  		if (curvec >= last_affv)
>  			curvec = firstvec;
>  		--nodes;
>  	}
> -	return done;
> +	return done < numvecs ? done : numvecs;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> --