linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtiofs: Enable multiple request queues

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Message-ID: <9b9c8779-84b4-5c6d-8dc2-c16f18c68c70@redhat.com>
Date:   Sat, 8 May 2021 07:22:32 -0500
From:   Connor Kuehl <ckuehl@...hat.com>
To:     virtio-fs@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtiofs: Enable multiple request queues

On 5/7/21 5:15 PM, Connor Kuehl wrote:
> Distribute requests across the multiqueue complex automatically based
> on the IRQ affinity.
> 
> Suggested-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Connor Kuehl <ckuehl@...hat.com>
> ---
>  fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> index bcb8a02e2d8b..dcdc8b7b1ad5 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(virtio_fs_mutex);
>  static LIST_HEAD(virtio_fs_instances);
>  
> +struct virtio_fs_vq;
> +
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct virtio_fs_vq *, this_cpu_fsvq);
> [..]
> +
> +		for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) {
> +			struct virtio_fs_vq **cpu_vq = per_cpu_ptr(&this_cpu_fsvq, cpu);
> +			*cpu_vq = &fs->vqs[i];
> +		}
> +	}

Hmm, actually, it's just occurred to me that the per-CPU state could be
problematic with multiple virtio-fs mounts.

I'll workshop this some more.

Connor