RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 0/2] qla2xxx - add nvme map_queues support

[Saurav Kashyap <skashyap@marvell.com>]

Hi Sagi/Christoph,

I haven't heard anything on this and there are no review comments on this patch set, kindly include this in nvme tree.

Thanks,
~Saurav


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Saurav Kashyap
> Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 2:48 PM
> To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>; Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>;
> linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>; martin.petersen@oracle.com; linux-
> scsi@vger.kernel.org; GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream <GR-QLogic-Storage-
> Upstream@marvell.com>
> Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 0/2] qla2xxx - add nvme map_queues support
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can I get a review for this patch set?
> 
> Thanks,
> ~Saurav
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Saurav Kashyap <skashyap@marvell.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 10:29 AM
> > To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>; Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>;
> > martin.petersen@oracle.com; linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org; linux-
> > scsi@vger.kernel.org; GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream <GR-QLogic-Storage-
> > Upstream@marvell.com>
> > Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 0/2] qla2xxx - add nvme map_queues support
> >
> > Hi Ming,
> > Comments inline
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 9:17 AM
> > > To: Saurav Kashyap <skashyap@marvell.com>
> > > Cc: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>; Nilesh Javali
> <njavali@marvell.com>;
> > > martin.petersen@oracle.com; linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org; linux-
> > > scsi@vger.kernel.org; GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream <GR-QLogic-Storage-
> > > Upstream@marvell.com>
> > > Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 0/2] qla2xxx - add nvme map_queues support
> > >
> > > External Email
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 03:38:24AM +0000, Saurav Kashyap wrote:
> > > > Hi Sagi,
> > > > Comments inline
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 10:51 PM
> > > > > To: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>; martin.petersen@oracle.com;
> > > linux-
> > > > > nvme@lists.infradead.org; Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
> > > > > Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream <GR-
> QLogic-
> > > > > Storage-Upstream@marvell.com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] qla2xxx - add nvme map_queues support
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8/23/21 5:56 AM, Nilesh Javali wrote:
> > > > > > Currently nvme fc doesn't support map queue functionality. This patch
> > > > > > set adds map_queue functionality to nvme_fc_mq_ops and
> > > > > > nvme_fc_port_template, providing an option to LLDs to map queues
> > > > > > similar to SCSI. For qla2xxx, minimum 10% improvement is noticed
> > > > > > with this change as it helps in reducing cpu thrashing.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does this make nvme-fc use managed irq?
> > > >
> > > > qla2xxx driver uses pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity to have affinity with
> each
> > > MSI-X vector. Currently nvme queue are not mapped based on affinity and
> irq
> > > offset. The change is to use blk_mq_pci_map_queues for mapping, this
> > function
> > > consider irq affinity as well as irq offset.
> > > >
> > >
> > > OK, got it. Even though without this patchset, nvme-fc actually relies
> > > on managed irq since qla2xxx driver uses pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity.
> > >
> > > Now the patchset[1] isn't good for addressing the issue in
> > > blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx().
> >
> > Can you please elaborate on this? Is there something needs to be done from
> my
> > side?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ~Saurav
> > >
> > > [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ming


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