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Since day-1 we are assigning the queue io_cpu very naively. We always
base the queue id (controller scope) and assign it its matching cpu
from the online mask. This works fine when the number of queues match
the number of cpu cores.
The problem starts when we have less queues than cpu cores. First, we
should take into account the mq_map and select a cpu within the cpus
that are assigned to this queue by the mq_map in order to minimize cross
numa cpu bouncing.
Second, even worse is that we don't take into account multiple
controllers may have assigned queues to a given cpu. As a result we may
simply compund more and more queues on the same set of cpus, which is
suboptimal.
We fix this by introducing global per-cpu counters that tracks the
number of queues assigned to each cpu, and we select the least used cpu
based on the mq_map and the per-cpu counters, and assign it as the queue
io_cpu.
The behavior for a single controller is slightly optimized by selecting
better cpu candidates by consulting with the mq_map, and multiple
controllers are spreading queues among cpu cores much better, resulting
in lower average cpu load, and less likelihood to hit hotspots.
Note that the accounting is not 100% perfect, but we don't need to be,
we're simply putting our best effort to select the best candidate cpu
core that we find at any given point.
Another byproduct is that every controller reset/reconnect may change
the queues io_cpu mapping, based on the current LRU accounting scheme.
Here is the baseline queue io_cpu assignment for 4 controllers, 2 queues
per controller, and 4 cpus on the host:
nvme1: queue 0: using cpu 0
nvme1: queue 1: using cpu 1
nvme2: queue 0: using cpu 0
nvme2: queue 1: using cpu 1
nvme3: queue 0: using cpu 0
nvme3: queue 1: using cpu 1
nvme4: queue 0: using cpu 0
nvme4: queue 1: using cpu 1
And this is the fixed io_cpu assignment:
nvme1: queue 0: using cpu 0
nvme1: queue 1: using cpu 2
nvme2: queue 0: using cpu 1
nvme2: queue 1: using cpu 3
nvme3: queue 0: using cpu 0
nvme3: queue 1: using cpu 2
nvme4: queue 0: using cpu 1
nvme4: queue 1: using cpu 3
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| fs | ||
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| init | ||
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| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
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| mm | ||
| net | ||
| rust | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
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| .editorconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| .rustfmt.toml | ||
| COPYING | ||
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.