Re: [PATCH net] RDMA/umem: add a schedule point in ib_umem_get()

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 06:57:55PM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Mapping as little as 64GB can take more than 10 seconds,
> triggering issues on kernels with CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y.
> 
> ib_umem_get() already splits the work in 2MB units on x86_64,
> adding a cond_resched() in the long-lasting loop is enough
> to solve the issue.
> 
> Note that sg_alloc_table() can still use more than 100 ms,
> which is also problematic. This might be addressed later
> in ib_umem_add_sg_table(), adding new blocks in sgl
> on demand.

I have seen some patches in progress to do exactly this, the
motivation is to reduce the memory consumption if a lot of pages are
combined.

> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Why [PATCH net] ?

Anyhow, applied to rdma for-next

Thanks,
Jason