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Message-ID: <ZqTtu1Qdz9e9/Fnm@csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 12:53:15 +0000
From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa@...il.mit.edu>
To: Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@...ux.microsoft.com>,
KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
"wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
"linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Deferring per cpu tasks
On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 04:26:19AM -0700, Saurabh Singh Sengar wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 06:34:53AM +0000, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 12:01:33AM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > > From: Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2024 8:35 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Deferring per cpu tasks
> > >
> > > Without the patch, I think the current CPU uses IPIs to let the other
> > > CPUs, one by one, run the function calls, and synchronously waits
> > > for the function calls to finish.
> > >
> > > IMO the patch is not "Deferring per cpu tasks". "Defer" means "let it
> > > happen later". Here it schedules work items to different CPUs, and
> > > the work items immediately start to run on these CPUs.
> > >
> > > I would suggest a more accurate subject:
> > > Drivers: hv: vmbus: Run hv_synic_init() concurrently
> > >
> >
> > It would be great to call out the "why" as well in the title,
> > something like:
> >
> > Drivers: hv: vmbus: Speed-up booting by running hv_synic_init() concurrently
>
> Thanks, I can also rephrase it like below if sounds fine to you:
>
> Drivers: hv: vmbus: Optimize boot time by concurrent execution of hv_synic_init()
>
Sure, that sounds good too.
Regards,
Srivatsa
Microsoft Linux Systems Group
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