RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 0/2] qla2xxx - add nvme map_queues support

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Hi Ming,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 9:17 AM
> To: Saurav Kashyap <skashyap@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Nilesh Javali <njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-nvme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream <GR-QLogic-Storage-
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> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 0/2] qla2xxx - add nvme map_queues support
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> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 03:38:24AM +0000, Saurav Kashyap wrote:
> > Hi Sagi,
> > Comments inline
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 10:51 PM
> > > To: Nilesh Javali <njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx>; martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-
> > > nvme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream <GR-QLogic-
> > > Storage-Upstream@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] qla2xxx - add nvme map_queues support
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/23/21 5:56 AM, Nilesh Javali wrote:
> > > > Currently nvme fc doesn't support map queue functionality. This patch
> > > > set adds map_queue functionality to nvme_fc_mq_ops and
> > > > nvme_fc_port_template, providing an option to LLDs to map queues
> > > > similar to SCSI. For qla2xxx, minimum 10% improvement is noticed
> > > > with this change as it helps in reducing cpu thrashing.
> > >
> > > Does this make nvme-fc use managed irq?
> >
> > qla2xxx driver uses pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity to have affinity with each
> MSI-X vector. Currently nvme queue are not mapped based on affinity and irq
> offset. The change is to use blk_mq_pci_map_queues for mapping, this function
> consider irq affinity as well as irq offset.
> >
> 
> OK, got it. Even though without this patchset, nvme-fc actually relies
> on managed irq since qla2xxx driver uses pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity.
> 
> Now the patchset[1] isn't good for addressing the issue in
> blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx().

Can you please elaborate on this? Is there something needs to be done from my side?

Thanks,
~Saurav
> 
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> 
> Thanks,
> Ming





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