2011-03-30 01:25:35

by Mike Travis

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Subject: Re: + bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq.patch added to -mm tree

Thanks Andrew!

Btw, I got the comment wrong, I needed one more 00000000,
[wonder who will notice? ;-)]

[email protected] wrote:
> The patch titled
> bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq
> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
> bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq.patch
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq
> From: Mike Travis <[email protected]>
>
> Manually adjusting the smp_affinity for IRQ's becomes unwieldy when the
> cpu count is large.
>
> Setting smp affinity to cpus 256 to 263 would be:
>
> echo 000000ff,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000 > smp_affinity
>
> instead of:
>
> echo 256-263 > smp_affinity_list
>
> Think about what it looks like for cpus around say, 4088 to 4095.
>
> We already have many alternate "list" interfaces:
>
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/indexY/shared_cpu_list
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings_list
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings_list
> /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/cpulist
> /sys/devices/pci***/***/local_cpulist
>
>
> Add a companion interface, smp_affinity_list to use cpu lists instead of
> cpu maps. This conforms to other companion interfaces where both a map
> and a list interface exists.
>
> This required adding a bitmap_parselist_user() function in a manner
> similar to the bitmap_parse_user() function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <[email protected]>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Cc: Jack Steiner <[email protected]>
> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <[email protected]>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt | 19 +++-
> Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 11 ++
> include/linux/bitmap.h | 5 -
> include/linux/cpumask.h | 15 +++
> kernel/irq/proc.c | 54 ++++++++++++-
> lib/bitmap.c | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 6 files changed, 190 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff -puN Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt
> --- a/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq
> +++ a/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt
> @@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ ChangeLog:
>
> SMP IRQ affinity
>
> -/proc/irq/IRQ#/smp_affinity specifies which target CPUs are permitted
> -for a given IRQ source. It's a bitmask of allowed CPUs. It's not allowed
> -to turn off all CPUs, and if an IRQ controller does not support IRQ
> -affinity then the value will not change from the default 0xffffffff.
> +/proc/irq/IRQ#/smp_affinity and /proc/irq/IRQ#/smp_affinity_list specify
> +which target CPUs are permitted for a given IRQ source. It's a bitmask
> +(smp_affinity) or cpu list (smp_affinity_list) of allowed CPUs. It's not
> +allowed to turn off all CPUs, and if an IRQ controller does not support
> +IRQ affinity then the value will not change from the default of all cpus.
>
> /proc/irq/default_smp_affinity specifies default affinity mask that applies
> to all non-active IRQs. Once IRQ is allocated/activated its affinity bitmask
> @@ -54,3 +55,13 @@ round-trip min/avg/max = 0.1/0.5/585.4 m
> This time around IRQ44 was delivered only to the last four processors.
> i.e counters for the CPU0-3 did not change.
>
> +Here is an example of limiting that same irq (44) to cpus 1024 to 1031:
> +
> +[root@moon 44]# echo 1024-1031 > smp_affinity
> +[root@moon 44]# cat smp_affinity
> +1024-1031
> +
> +Note that to do this with a bitmask would require 32 bitmasks of zero
> +to follow the pertinent one.
> +
> +
> diff -puN Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq
> +++ a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> @@ -574,6 +574,12 @@ The contents of each smp_affinity file i
> > cat /proc/irq/0/smp_affinity
> ffffffff
>
> +There is an alternate interface, smp_affinity_list which allows specifying
> +a cpu range instead of a bitmask:
> +
> + > cat /proc/irq/0/smp_affinity_list
> + 1024-1031
> +
> The default_smp_affinity mask applies to all non-active IRQs, which are the
> IRQs which have not yet been allocated/activated, and hence which lack a
> /proc/irq/[0-9]* directory.
> @@ -583,12 +589,13 @@ reports itself as being attached. This h
> include information about any possible driver locality preference.
>
> prof_cpu_mask specifies which CPUs are to be profiled by the system wide
> -profiler. Default value is ffffffff (all cpus).
> +profiler. Default value is ffffffff (all cpus if there are only 32 of them).
>
> The way IRQs are routed is handled by the IO-APIC, and it's Round Robin
> between all the CPUs which are allowed to handle it. As usual the kernel has
> more info than you and does a better job than you, so the defaults are the
> -best choice for almost everyone.
> +best choice for almost everyone. [Note this applies only to those IO-APIC's
> +that support "Round Robin" interrupt distribution.]
>
> There are three more important subdirectories in /proc: net, scsi, and sys.
> The general rule is that the contents, or even the existence of these
> diff -puN include/linux/bitmap.h~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq include/linux/bitmap.h
> --- a/include/linux/bitmap.h~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq
> +++ a/include/linux/bitmap.h
> @@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
> * bitmap_parse(buf, buflen, dst, nbits) Parse bitmap dst from kernel buf
> * bitmap_parse_user(ubuf, ulen, dst, nbits) Parse bitmap dst from user buf
> * bitmap_scnlistprintf(buf, len, src, nbits) Print bitmap src as list to buf
> - * bitmap_parselist(buf, dst, nbits) Parse bitmap dst from list
> + * bitmap_parselist(buf, dst, nbits) Parse bitmap dst from kernel buf
> + * bitmap_parselist_user(buf, dst, nbits) Parse bitmap dst from user buf
> * bitmap_find_free_region(bitmap, bits, order) Find and allocate bit region
> * bitmap_release_region(bitmap, pos, order) Free specified bit region
> * bitmap_allocate_region(bitmap, pos, order) Allocate specified bit region
> @@ -129,6 +130,8 @@ extern int bitmap_scnlistprintf(char *bu
> const unsigned long *src, int nbits);
> extern int bitmap_parselist(const char *buf, unsigned long *maskp,
> int nmaskbits);
> +extern int bitmap_parselist_user(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ulen,
> + unsigned long *dst, int nbits);
> extern void bitmap_remap(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
> const unsigned long *old, const unsigned long *new, int bits);
> extern int bitmap_bitremap(int oldbit,
> diff -puN include/linux/cpumask.h~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq include/linux/cpumask.h
> --- a/include/linux/cpumask.h~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq
> +++ a/include/linux/cpumask.h
> @@ -547,6 +547,21 @@ static inline int cpumask_parse_user(con
> }
>
> /**
> + * cpumask_parselist_user - extract a cpumask from a user string
> + * @buf: the buffer to extract from
> + * @len: the length of the buffer
> + * @dstp: the cpumask to set.
> + *
> + * Returns -errno, or 0 for success.
> + */
> +static inline int cpumask_parselist_user(const char __user *buf, int len,
> + struct cpumask *dstp)
> +{
> + return bitmap_parselist_user(buf, len, cpumask_bits(dstp),
> + nr_cpumask_bits);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> * cpulist_scnprintf - print a cpumask into a string as comma-separated list
> * @buf: the buffer to sprintf into
> * @len: the length of the buffer
> diff -puN kernel/irq/proc.c~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq kernel/irq/proc.c
> --- a/kernel/irq/proc.c~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq
> +++ a/kernel/irq/proc.c
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *root_irq_d
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>
> -static int irq_affinity_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> +static int show_irq_affinity(int type, struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> {
> struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc((long)m->private);
> const struct cpumask *mask = desc->irq_data.affinity;
> @@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ static int irq_affinity_proc_show(struct
> if (irqd_is_setaffinity_pending(&desc->irq_data))
> mask = desc->pending_mask;
> #endif
> - seq_cpumask(m, mask);
> + if (type)
> + seq_cpumask_list(m, mask);
> + else
> + seq_cpumask(m, mask);
> seq_putc(m, '\n');
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -59,7 +62,18 @@ static int irq_affinity_hint_proc_show(s
> #endif
>
> int no_irq_affinity;
> -static ssize_t irq_affinity_proc_write(struct file *file,
> +static int irq_affinity_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> +{
> + return show_irq_affinity(0, m, v);
> +}
> +
> +static int irq_affinity_list_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> +{
> + return show_irq_affinity(1, m, v);
> +}
> +
> +
> +static ssize_t write_irq_affinity(int type, struct file *file,
> const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
> {
> unsigned int irq = (int)(long)PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
> @@ -72,7 +86,10 @@ static ssize_t irq_affinity_proc_write(s
> if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&new_value, GFP_KERNEL))
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - err = cpumask_parse_user(buffer, count, new_value);
> + if (type)
> + err = cpumask_parselist_user(buffer, count, new_value);
> + else
> + err = cpumask_parse_user(buffer, count, new_value);
> if (err)
> goto free_cpumask;
>
> @@ -100,11 +117,28 @@ free_cpumask:
> return err;
> }
>
> +static ssize_t irq_affinity_proc_write(struct file *file,
> + const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
> +{
> + return write_irq_affinity(0, file, buffer, count, pos);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t irq_affinity_list_proc_write(struct file *file,
> + const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
> +{
> + return write_irq_affinity(1, file, buffer, count, pos);
> +}
> +
> static int irq_affinity_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> return single_open(file, irq_affinity_proc_show, PDE(inode)->data);
> }
>
> +static int irq_affinity_list_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> +{
> + return single_open(file, irq_affinity_list_proc_show, PDE(inode)->data);
> +}
> +
> static int irq_affinity_hint_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> return single_open(file, irq_affinity_hint_proc_show, PDE(inode)->data);
> @@ -125,6 +159,14 @@ static const struct file_operations irq_
> .release = single_release,
> };
>
> +static const struct file_operations irq_affinity_list_proc_fops = {
> + .open = irq_affinity_list_proc_open,
> + .read = seq_read,
> + .llseek = seq_lseek,
> + .release = single_release,
> + .write = irq_affinity_list_proc_write,
> +};
> +
> static int default_affinity_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> {
> seq_cpumask(m, irq_default_affinity);
> @@ -289,6 +331,10 @@ void register_irq_proc(unsigned int irq,
> proc_create_data("affinity_hint", 0400, desc->dir,
> &irq_affinity_hint_proc_fops, (void *)(long)irq);
>
> + /* create /proc/irq/<irq>/smp_affinity_list */
> + proc_create_data("smp_affinity_list", 0600, desc->dir,
> + &irq_affinity_list_proc_fops, (void *)(long)irq);
> +
> proc_create_data("node", 0444, desc->dir,
> &irq_node_proc_fops, (void *)(long)irq);
> #endif
> diff -puN lib/bitmap.c~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq lib/bitmap.c
> --- a/lib/bitmap.c~bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq
> +++ a/lib/bitmap.c
> @@ -571,8 +571,11 @@ int bitmap_scnlistprintf(char *buf, unsi
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_scnlistprintf);
>
> /**
> - * bitmap_parselist - convert list format ASCII string to bitmap
> + * __bitmap_parselist - convert list format ASCII string to bitmap
> * @bp: read nul-terminated user string from this buffer
> + * @buflen: buffer size in bytes. If string is smaller than this
> + * then it must be terminated with a \0.
> + * @is_user: location of buffer, 0 indicates kernel space
> * @maskp: write resulting mask here
> * @nmaskbits: number of bits in mask to be written
> *
> @@ -587,20 +590,63 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_scnlistprintf);
> * %-EINVAL: invalid character in string
> * %-ERANGE: bit number specified too large for mask
> */
> -int bitmap_parselist(const char *bp, unsigned long *maskp, int nmaskbits)
> +int __bitmap_parselist(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
> + int is_user, unsigned long *maskp,
> + int nmaskbits)
> {
> unsigned a, b;
> + int c, old_c, totaldigits;
> + const char __user *ubuf = buf;
> + int exp_digit, in_range;
>
> + totaldigits = c = 0;
> bitmap_zero(maskp, nmaskbits);
> do {
> - if (!isdigit(*bp))
> - return -EINVAL;
> - b = a = simple_strtoul(bp, (char **)&bp, BASEDEC);
> - if (*bp == '-') {
> - bp++;
> - if (!isdigit(*bp))
> + exp_digit = 1;
> + in_range = 0;
> + a = b = 0;
> +
> + /* Get the next cpu# or a range of cpu#'s */
> + while (buflen) {
> + old_c = c;
> + if (is_user) {
> + if (__get_user(c, ubuf++))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + } else
> + c = *buf++;
> + buflen--;
> + if (isspace(c))
> + continue;
> +
> + /*
> + * If the last character was a space and the current
> + * character isn't '\0', we've got embedded whitespace.
> + * This is a no-no, so throw an error.
> + */
> + if (totaldigits && c && isspace(old_c))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + /* A '\0' or a ',' signal the end of a cpu# or range */
> + if (c == '\0' || c == ',')
> + break;
> +
> + if (c == '-') {
> + if (exp_digit || in_range)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + b = 0;
> + in_range = 1;
> + exp_digit = 1;
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + if (!isdigit(c))
> return -EINVAL;
> - b = simple_strtoul(bp, (char **)&bp, BASEDEC);
> +
> + b = b * 10 + (c - '0');
> + if (!in_range)
> + a = b;
> + exp_digit = 0;
> + totaldigits++;
> }
> if (!(a <= b))
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -610,13 +656,52 @@ int bitmap_parselist(const char *bp, uns
> set_bit(a, maskp);
> a++;
> }
> - if (*bp == ',')
> - bp++;
> - } while (*bp != '\0' && *bp != '\n');
> + } while (buflen && c == ',');
> return 0;
> }
> +
> +int bitmap_parselist(const char *bp, unsigned long *maskp, int nmaskbits)
> +{
> + char *nl = strchr(bp, '\n');
> + int len;
> +
> + if (nl)
> + len = nl - bp;
> + else
> + len = strlen(bp);
> +
> + return __bitmap_parselist(bp, len, 0, maskp, nmaskbits);
> +}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parselist);
>
> +
> +/**
> + * bitmap_parselist_user()
> + *
> + * @ubuf: pointer to user buffer containing string.
> + * @ulen: buffer size in bytes. If string is smaller than this
> + * then it must be terminated with a \0.
> + * @maskp: pointer to bitmap array that will contain result.
> + * @nmaskbits: size of bitmap, in bits.
> + *
> + * Wrapper for bitmap_parselist(), providing it with user buffer.
> + *
> + * We cannot have this as an inline function in bitmap.h because it needs
> + * linux/uaccess.h to get the access_ok() declaration and this causes
> + * cyclic dependencies.
> + */
> +int bitmap_parselist_user(const char __user *ubuf,
> + unsigned int ulen, unsigned long *maskp,
> + int nmaskbits)
> +{
> + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, ubuf, ulen))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + return __bitmap_parselist((const char *)ubuf,
> + ulen, 1, maskp, nmaskbits);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parselist_user);
> +
> +
> /**
> * bitmap_pos_to_ord - find ordinal of set bit at given position in bitmap
> * @buf: pointer to a bitmap
> _
>
> Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are
>
> bitmap-irq-add-smp_affinity_list-interface-to-proc-irq.patch
>