linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: irqbypass: XArray conversion and a deref fix

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Date:   Wed,  2 Aug 2023 13:16:58 +0800
From:   Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
To:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: irqbypass: XArray conversion and a deref fix

Hi,

When VMM(s) simultaneously create a large number of irqfds and register
their irqfds in the global consumers list, the global mutex contention
exponentially increases the average wait latency, which is no longer
tolerable on modern systems with a large number of CPU cores.

The patch set is intended to reduce this source of latency by
converting producers/consumers single linked list to XArray.

Please feel free to run more tests and share comments to move forward.

V1 -> V2 Changelog:
- Send the prerequisite fix as a series; (Alex W.)
- Keep producer and consumer connected and tracked; (Alex W.)
V1:
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20230801115646.33990-1-likexu@tencent.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20230801085408.69597-1-likexu@tencent.com/

Like Xu (2):
  KVM: eventfd: Fix NULL deref irqbypass producer
  KVM: irqbypass: Convert producers/consumers linked list to
    XArray

 include/linux/irqbypass.h |   8 +--
 virt/lib/irqbypass.c      | 127 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)

base-commit: 5a7591176c47cce363c1eed704241e5d1c42c5a6
-- 
2.41.0