79ebfb11fe
Handling comm_channel_event in mlx4_master_comm_channel uses a double
loop to determine which slaves have requested work. The search is
always started at lowest slave. This leads to unfairness; lower VFs
tends to be prioritized over higher VFs.
The patch uses find_next_bit to determine which slaves to handle.
Fairness is implemented by always starting at the next to the last
start.
An MPI program has been used to measure improvements. It runs 500
ibv_reg_mr, synchronizes with all other instances and then runs 500
ibv_dereg_mr.
The results running 500 processes, time reported is for running 500
calls:
ibv_reg_mr:
Mod. Org.
mlx4_1 403.356ms 424.674ms
mlx4_2 403.355ms 424.674ms
mlx4_3 403.354ms 424.674ms
mlx4_4 403.355ms 424.674ms
mlx4_5 403.357ms 424.677ms
mlx4_6 403.354ms 424.676ms
mlx4_7 403.357ms 424.675ms
mlx4_8 403.355ms 424.675ms
ibv_dereg_mr:
Mod. Org.
mlx4_1 116.408ms 142.818ms
mlx4_2 116.434ms 142.793ms
mlx4_3 116.488ms 143.247ms
mlx4_4 116.679ms 143.230ms
mlx4_5 112.017ms 107.204ms
mlx4_6 112.032ms 107.516ms
mlx4_7 112.083ms 184.195ms
mlx4_8 115.089ms 190.618ms
Suggested-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Westgaard Ry <hans.westgaard.ry@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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 Restructured Text 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.