netdev - [PATCH net] nfp: use irq_update_affinity

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Message-Id: <20241107115002.413358-1-mheib@redhat.com>
Date: Thu,  7 Nov 2024 13:50:02 +0200
From: Mohammad Heib <mheib@...hat.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	oss-drivers@...igine.com,
	louis.peens@...igine.com
Cc: Mohammad Heib <mheib@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] nfp: use irq_update_affinity_hint()

irq_set_affinity_hint() is deprecated, Use irq_update_affinity_hint()
instead. This removes the side-effect of actually applying the affinity.

The driver does not really need to worry about spreading its IRQs across
CPUs. The core code already takes care of that. when the driver applies the
affinities by itself, it breaks the users' expectations:

1. The user configures irqbalance with IRQBALANCE_BANNED_CPULIST in
   order to prevent IRQs from being moved to certain CPUs that run a
   real-time workload.

2. nfp device reopening will resets the affinity
   in nfp_net_netdev_open().

3. nfp has no idea about irqbalance's config, so it may move an IRQ to
   a banned CPU. The real-time workload suffers unacceptable latency.

Signed-off-by: Mohammad Heib <mheib@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
index 6e0929af0f72..98e098c09c03 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ nfp_net_prepare_vector(struct nfp_net *nn, struct nfp_net_r_vector *r_vec,
 		return err;
 	}

-	irq_set_affinity_hint(r_vec->irq_vector, &r_vec->affinity_mask);
+	irq_update_affinity_hint(r_vec->irq_vector, &r_vec->affinity_mask);

 	nn_dbg(nn, "RV%02d: irq=%03d/%03d\n", idx, r_vec->irq_vector,
 	       r_vec->irq_entry);
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ nfp_net_prepare_vector(struct nfp_net *nn, struct nfp_net_r_vector *r_vec,
 static void
 nfp_net_cleanup_vector(struct nfp_net *nn, struct nfp_net_r_vector *r_vec)
 {
-	irq_set_affinity_hint(r_vec->irq_vector, NULL);
+	irq_update_affinity_hint(r_vec->irq_vector, NULL);
 	nfp_net_napi_del(&nn->dp, r_vec);
 	free_irq(r_vec->irq_vector, r_vec);
 }
-- 
2.34.3