On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Parameter vector_alloc should be set to an integer with:
> bit 0: enable allocating CPU vector from CPUs on device local node.
> That's to allocate from cpumask_of_node(irq_data->node).
> bit 1: enable the default policy, which is to allocate from
> apic->target_cpus().
>
> When allocating vectors, it tries all enabled policies from lower bit
> position to higher bit position.
>
> This option could be use to optimize interrupt distribution on large
> system such as NumaChip etc.
Why can't we figure this out automatically? Having a kernel parameter
is a pain in the neck for users.
> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel J Blueman <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 4c81a860cc2b..a175c5016954 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3709,6 +3709,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
> vector= [IA-64,SMP]
> vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
>
> + vector_alloc= [x86,SMP]
> + vector_alloc=policy: policy is a bitmap, bit 0
> + for allocating CPU vector from CPUs on device local
> + node; bit 1 for the default policy to allocating from
> + apic->target_cpus(). All higher bits are reserved.
> +
> video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
> See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
> index 16de8906ee1e..1158843551c7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
> @@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ void set_vector_alloc_policy(unsigned int policy)
> x86_vector_alloc_policy = policy | X86_VECTOR_POL_CALLER;
> }
>
> +static int __init apic_parse_vector_policy(char *str)
> +{
> + int policy;
> +
> + if (get_option(&str, &policy) == 1)
> + set_vector_alloc_policy(policy);
> +
> + return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("vector_alloc=", apic_parse_vector_policy);
> +
> static struct apic_chip_data *alloc_apic_chip_data(int node)
> {
> struct apic_chip_data *data;
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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