linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 07/12] scsi: Use block layer helpers to constrain queue affinity

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Message-ID: <4d3b2fed-e42c-46f0-82d2-93eca2940759@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 08:08:20 +0200
From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To: Daniel Wagner <wagi@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
 Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
 Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...mlin.com>,
 "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Costa Shulyupin
 <costa.shul@...hat.com>, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
 Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>, Waiman Long <llong@...hat.com>,
 Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
 Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com,
 linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, storagedev@...rochip.com,
 virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 07/12] scsi: Use block layer helpers to constrain queue
 affinity

On 9/5/25 16:59, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> Ensure that IRQ affinity setup also respects the queue-to-CPU mapping
> constraints provided by the block layer. This allows the SCSI drivers
> to avoid assigning interrupts to CPUs that the block layer has excluded
> (e.g., isolated CPUs).
> 
> Only convert drivers which are already using the
> pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity with the PCI_IRQ_AFFINITY flag set.
> Because these drivers are enabled to let the IRQ core code to
> set the affinity. Also don't update qla2xxx because the nvme-fabrics
> code is not ready yet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <wagi@...nel.org>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c    | 1 +
>   drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c | 5 ++++-
>   drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c           | 6 +++++-
>   drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c       | 5 ++++-
>   drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_init.c         | 1 +
>   5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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