Re: [PATCH V3] blk-mq: don't schedule block kworker on isolated CPUs

From: Ming Lei
Date: Sun Nov 05 2023 - 20:16:08 EST


On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 10:57:37AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Kernel parameter of `isolcpus=` or 'nohz_full=' are used for isolating CPUs
> for specific task, and user often won't want block IO to disturb these CPUs,
> also long IO latency may be caused if blk-mq kworker is scheduled on these
> isolated CPUs.
>
> Kernel workqueue only respects this limit for WQ_UNBOUND, for bound wq,
> the responsibility should be on wq user.
>
> So don't not run block kworker on isolated CPUs by ruling out isolated CPUs
> from hctx->cpumask. Meantime in cpuhp handler, use queue map to check if
> all CPUs in this hw queue are offline, this way can avoid any cost in fast
> IO code path.
>
> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Theurer <atheurer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joe Mario <jmario@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sebastian Jug <sejug@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> V3:
> - avoid to check invalid cpu as reported by Bart
> - take current cpu(to be offline, not done yet) into account
> - simplify blk_mq_hctx_has_online_cpu()

Hello Jens and Guys,

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thanks,
Ming