Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] padata: dispatch works on different nodes

[Tim Chen]

On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 20:39 +0800, Gang Li wrote:
> When a group of tasks that access different nodes are scheduled on the
> same node, they may encounter bandwidth bottlenecks and access latency.
> 
> Thus, numa_aware flag is introduced here, allowing tasks to be
> distributed across different nodes to fully utilize the advantage of
> multi-node systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gang Li <gang.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/padata.h |  3 +++
>  kernel/padata.c        | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  mm/mm_init.c           |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/padata.h b/include/linux/padata.h
> index 495b16b6b4d7..f79ccd50e7f4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/padata.h
> +++ b/include/linux/padata.h
> @@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ struct padata_shell {
>   *             appropriate for one worker thread to do at once.
>   * @max_threads: Max threads to use for the job, actual number may be less
>   *               depending on task size and minimum chunk size.
> + * @numa_aware: Dispatch jobs to different nodes. If a node only has memory but
> + *              no CPU, dispatch its jobs to a random CPU.

Suggest:
Distribute jobs to different nodes with CPU in a round robin fashion.

>   */
>  struct padata_mt_job {