On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 22:13 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 09:35:49PM -0600, Moore, Eric wrote: > > Jan Schmidt suggested using raw_smp_processor_id() back in February, see this: http://marc.info/?t=132974687100003&r=1&w=2 > > > > Alex Shi recently suggested using preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() to solve the same issue, see this: http://marc.info/?t=133274303900003&r=1&w=2 > > > > I believe the stack traces are there in both email discussion, they occur when CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT is enabled. > > > > I would rather go with the solution giving the best performance. James Bottomley is there on the discussion with Jan Schmidt, he suggested using get_cpu() and put_cpu(). > > I use get_cpu() / put_cpu() in the NVMe driver in similar circumstances. > It's not noticable in the profiles :-) > > Where my usage differs from the patch for mpt2sas is that I hold a > reference to the CPU over the submission. This works out well for > me because I have per-CPU state. Might be worth considering for your > driver ... Right, so in this case mpt2sas doesn't care. It literally only needs a notion of the current CPU for cache hotness of MSI queue return. It doesn't need pinning or anything else. I think the use of raw_smp_processor_id() in this instance is ideal, because it actually is a "need to think about how to do this better" flag, which may mean actually doing it in a more per-CPU state type way. Mind you, something like cpu = get_cpu(); put_cpu(); Is also an instant smack in the eyeballs too because it looks so daft, so I'm not incredibly bothered. I lean towards raw_smp_processor_id() because it's what's actually wanted, but not strongly. James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
