linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] blk-mq: Always complete remote completions requests in softirq

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:29:08 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] blk-mq: Always complete remote completions requests
 in softirq

On 2021-01-25 08:32:48 [+0000], Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Well, I put it in quotes because I'm not sure what the exact effect
> is.  But we do delay these completions to the softirq now instead of
> hardirq context, which at least in theory increases latency.  OTOH it
> might even have positive effects on the rest of the system.

The last part is/was my motivation ;)

Sebastian