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<title>linux-toradex.git/arch/sparc/kernel/cpumap.h, branch v3.2.74</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>sparc64: fix and optimize irq distribution</title>
<updated>2009-06-16T11:56:28+00:00</updated>
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<name>Hong H. Pham</name>
<email>hong.pham@windriver.com</email>
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<published>2009-06-04T09:10:11+00:00</published>
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irq_choose_cpu() should compare the affinity mask against cpu_online_map
rather than CPU_MASK_ALL, since irq_select_affinity() sets the interrupt's
affinity mask to cpu_online_map "and" CPU_MASK_ALL (which ends up being
just cpu_online_map).  The mask comparison in irq_choose_cpu() will always
fail since the two masks are not the same.  So the CPU chosen is the first CPU
in the intersection of cpu_online_map and CPU_MASK_ALL, which is always CPU0.
That means all interrupts are reassigned to CPU0...

Distributing interrupts to CPUs in a linearly increasing round robin fashion
is not optimal for the UltraSPARC T1/T2.  Also, the irq_rover in
irq_choose_cpu() causes an interrupt to be assigned to a different
processor each time the interrupt is allocated and released.  This may lead
to an unbalanced distribution over time.

A static mapping of interrupts to processors is done to optimize and balance
interrupt distribution.  For the T1/T2, interrupts are spread to different
cores first, and then to strands within a core.

The following is some benchmarks showing the effects of interrupt
distribution on a T2.  The test was done with iperf using a pair of T5220
boxes, each with a 10GBe NIU (XAUI) connected back to back.

  TCP     | Stock       Linear RR IRQ  Optimized IRQ
  Streams | 2.6.30-rc5  Distribution   Distribution
          | GBits/sec   GBits/sec      GBits/sec
  --------+-----------------------------------------
    1       0.839       0.862          0.868
    8       1.16        4.96           5.88
   16       1.15        6.40           8.04
  100       1.09        7.28           8.68

Signed-off-by: Hong H. Pham &lt;hong.pham@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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irq_choose_cpu() should compare the affinity mask against cpu_online_map
rather than CPU_MASK_ALL, since irq_select_affinity() sets the interrupt's
affinity mask to cpu_online_map "and" CPU_MASK_ALL (which ends up being
just cpu_online_map).  The mask comparison in irq_choose_cpu() will always
fail since the two masks are not the same.  So the CPU chosen is the first CPU
in the intersection of cpu_online_map and CPU_MASK_ALL, which is always CPU0.
That means all interrupts are reassigned to CPU0...

Distributing interrupts to CPUs in a linearly increasing round robin fashion
is not optimal for the UltraSPARC T1/T2.  Also, the irq_rover in
irq_choose_cpu() causes an interrupt to be assigned to a different
processor each time the interrupt is allocated and released.  This may lead
to an unbalanced distribution over time.

A static mapping of interrupts to processors is done to optimize and balance
interrupt distribution.  For the T1/T2, interrupts are spread to different
cores first, and then to strands within a core.

The following is some benchmarks showing the effects of interrupt
distribution on a T2.  The test was done with iperf using a pair of T5220
boxes, each with a 10GBe NIU (XAUI) connected back to back.

  TCP     | Stock       Linear RR IRQ  Optimized IRQ
  Streams | 2.6.30-rc5  Distribution   Distribution
          | GBits/sec   GBits/sec      GBits/sec
  --------+-----------------------------------------
    1       0.839       0.862          0.868
    8       1.16        4.96           5.88
   16       1.15        6.40           8.04
  100       1.09        7.28           8.68

Signed-off-by: Hong H. Pham &lt;hong.pham@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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