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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V3 1/2] xen-netback: limit xen vif max queues number to online cpus



On 23/10/15 10:44, Joe Jin wrote:
> Should not allocate xen vif queues number more than online cpus.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c 
> b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> index ec98d43..021dcb0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ unsigned int rx_stall_timeout_msecs = 60000;
>  module_param(rx_stall_timeout_msecs, uint, 0444);
>  
>  unsigned int xenvif_max_queues;
> -module_param_named(max_queues, xenvif_max_queues, uint, 0644);
> +static int xennet_set_max_queues(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp);
> +module_param_call(max_queues, xennet_set_max_queues, param_get_uint,
> +               &xenvif_max_queues, 0644);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_queues,
>                "Maximum number of queues per virtual interface");
>  
> @@ -107,6 +109,20 @@ static struct xen_netif_rx_response 
> *make_rx_response(struct xenvif_queue *queue
>                                            u16      size,
>                                            u16      flags);
>  
> +static int xennet_set_max_queues(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
> +{
> +     unsigned int cpus = num_online_cpus();

This calculation is problematic in the scenario where a guest boots up,
then has more cpus hotplugged in, then wants to set up a sensible number
of queues.

~Andrew

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