[PATCH 2/2] x86: get more exact nr_irqs

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Mon Jan 04 2010 - 01:59:53 EST




first check with NR_VECTORS - FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR - 0x20
aka minus exceptions and system vectors.

NR_CPUS = 512, and nr_cpu_ids = 128
will have NR_IRQS = 256 + 512 * 64 = 33024

assume we have 20 intel ixgbe 6 port cards (with sriov and ixgbevf)
20 * 6 * 64 * 3 = 23040

first will get:
128 * (256 - 64) = 24576
then with nr_irqs_gsi will get
(120 + 8 * 128 + 120 * 256) = 31864

so 24576 will be used for nr_irqs.

24576 * 8 = 196608 bytes will be used for irq_desc_ptrs[]

before this patch:
have nr_irqs = 120 + 8 * 128 + 120 * 64 = 8824
and irq_desc_ptrs[] is 70592

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -3833,15 +3833,20 @@ int __init arch_probe_nr_irqs(void)
{
int nr;

- if (nr_irqs > (NR_VECTORS * nr_cpu_ids))
- nr_irqs = NR_VECTORS * nr_cpu_ids;
+ /* 0x20 for ipi etc system vectors */
+ nr = NR_VECTORS - FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR - 0x20;
+
+ nr *= nr_cpu_ids;
+
+ if (nr < nr_irqs)
+ nr_irqs = nr;

nr = nr_irqs_gsi + 8 * nr_cpu_ids;
#if defined(CONFIG_PCI_MSI) || defined(CONFIG_HT_IRQ)
/*
* for MSI and HT dyn irq
*/
- nr += nr_irqs_gsi * 64;
+ nr += nr_irqs_gsi * 256;
#endif
if (nr < nr_irqs)
nr_irqs = nr;
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