[PATCH] x86/irq: assign vectors from numa_node

From: Arthur Kepner
Date: Fri Dec 03 2010 - 15:54:00 EST



Several drivers (e.g., mlx4_core) do something similar to:

err = pci_enable_msix(pdev, entries, num_possible_cpus());

which takes us down this code path:

pci_enable_msix
native_setup_msi_irqs
create_irq_nr
__assign_irq_vector

__assign_irq_vector() preferentially uses vectors from low-numbered
CPUs. On a system with a large number (>256) CPUs this can result in
a CPU running out of vectors, and subsequent attempts to assign an
interrupt to that CPU will fail.

The following patch prefers vectors from the node associated with the
device (if the device is associated with a node). This should make it
far less likely that a single CPU's vectors will be exhausted.

Signed-off-by: Arthur Kepner <akepner@xxxxxxx>
---

io_apic.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index 7cc0a72..af5f9d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -1117,6 +1117,49 @@ next:
return err;
}

+static int
+__assign_irq_vector_node(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg,
+ const struct cpumask *mask, int node)
+{
+ int err = -EAGAIN;
+ int cpu, best_cpu = -1, min_vector_count = NR_VECTORS;
+
+ for_each_cpu_and(cpu, cpumask_of_node(node), mask) {
+ /* find the 'best' CPU to take this vector -
+ * the one with the fewest assigned vectors is
+ * considered 'best' */
+ int i, vector_count = 0;
+
+ if (!cpu_online(cpu))
+ continue;
+
+ for (i = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + VECTOR_OFFSET_START;
+ i < NR_VECTORS ; i++)
+ if (per_cpu(vector_irq, cpu)[i] != -1)
+ vector_count++;
+
+ if (vector_count < min_vector_count) {
+ min_vector_count = vector_count;
+ best_cpu = cpu;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (best_cpu >= 0) {
+ cpumask_var_t tmp_mask;
+
+ if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmp_mask, GFP_ATOMIC))
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ cpumask_clear(tmp_mask);
+ cpumask_set_cpu(best_cpu, tmp_mask);
+ err = __assign_irq_vector(irq, cfg, tmp_mask);
+
+ free_cpumask_var(tmp_mask);
+ }
+
+ return err;
+}
+
int assign_irq_vector(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg, const struct cpumask *mask)
{
int err;
@@ -1128,6 +1171,39 @@ int assign_irq_vector(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg, const struct cpumask *mask)
return err;
}

+static int
+assign_irq_vector_node(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg,
+ const struct cpumask *mask, int node)
+{
+ int err;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
+ return assign_irq_vector(irq, cfg, mask);
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&vector_lock, flags);
+ err = __assign_irq_vector_node(irq, cfg, mask, node);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vector_lock, flags);
+
+ if (err != 0)
+ /* uh oh - try again w/o specifying a node */
+ return assign_irq_vector(irq, cfg, mask);
+ else {
+ /* and set the affinity mask so that only
+ * CPUs on 'node' will be used */
+ struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
+ cpumask_and(desc->irq_data.affinity, cpu_online_mask,
+ cpumask_of_node(node));
+ desc->status |= IRQ_AFFINITY_SET;
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
+ }
+
+ return err;
+}
+
static void __clear_irq_vector(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg)
{
int cpu, vector;
@@ -3057,7 +3133,6 @@ device_initcall(ioapic_init_sysfs);
unsigned int create_irq_nr(unsigned int from, int node)
{
struct irq_cfg *cfg;
- unsigned long flags;
unsigned int ret = 0;
int irq;

@@ -3073,10 +3148,8 @@ unsigned int create_irq_nr(unsigned int from, int node)
return 0;
}

- raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&vector_lock, flags);
- if (!__assign_irq_vector(irq, cfg, apic->target_cpus()))
+ if (!assign_irq_vector_node(irq, cfg, apic->target_cpus(), node))
ret = irq;
- raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vector_lock, flags);

if (ret) {
set_irq_chip_data(irq, cfg);
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