Commit-ID: 1bccd58bfffc5a677051937b332b71f0686187c1 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/1bccd58bfffc5a677051937b332b71f0686187c1 Author: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:15:15 +0200 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:44:28 +0200 x86/apic: Try to spread IRQ vectors to different priority levels When assigning a new vector it is primarially done by adding 8 to the previously given out vector number. Hence, two consequently allocated vector numbers would likely fall into the same priority level. Try to spread vector numbers to different priority levels better by changing the step from 8 to 16. Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120607131514.GD4759@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 7 +++---- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c index 74c5697..05af3d3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c @@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ __assign_irq_vector(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg, const struct cpumask *mask) * 0x80, because int 0x80 is hm, kind of importantish. ;) */ static int current_vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + VECTOR_OFFSET_START; - static int current_offset = VECTOR_OFFSET_START % 8; + static int current_offset = VECTOR_OFFSET_START % 16; unsigned int old_vector; int cpu, err; cpumask_var_t tmp_mask; @@ -1148,10 +1148,9 @@ __assign_irq_vector(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg, const struct cpumask *mask) vector = current_vector; offset = current_offset; next: - vector += 8; + vector += 16; if (vector >= first_system_vector) { - /* If out of vectors on large boxen, must share them. */ - offset = (offset + 1) % 8; + offset = (offset + 1) % 16; vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + offset; } if (unlikely(current_vector == vector)) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html