RE: [PATCH] ethernet: intel: fix building with large NR_CPUS

From: Loktionov, Aleksandr
Date: Fri Jun 20 2025 - 07:15:33 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2025 1:11 PM
> To: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; Kitszel,
> Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn
> <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric
> Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo
> Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>; Loktionov, Aleksandr
> <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>; Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH] ethernet: intel: fix building with large NR_CPUS
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> With large values of CONFIG_NR_CPUS, three Intel ethernet drivers fail
> to compile like:
>
> In function ‘i40e_free_q_vector’,
> inlined from ‘i40e_vsi_alloc_q_vectors’ at
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c:12112:3:
> 571 | _compiletime_assert(condition, msg,
> __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
> include/linux/rcupdate.h:1084:17: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘BUILD_BUG_ON’
> 1084 | BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(typeof(*(ptr)), rhf) >=
> 4096); \
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c:5113:9: note: in expansion
> of macro ‘kfree_rcu’
> 5113 | kfree_rcu(q_vector, rcu);
> | ^~~~~~~~~
>
> The problem is that the 'rcu' member in 'q_vector' is too far from the
> start of the structure. Move this member before the CPU mask instead,
> in all three drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.h
> index 6119a4108838..757a6fd81b7b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.h
> @@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ struct fm10k_q_vector {
> u32 __iomem *itr; /* pointer to ITR register for this vector
> */
> u16 v_idx; /* index of q_vector within interface array
> */
> struct fm10k_ring_container rx, tx;
> + struct rcu_head rcu; /* to avoid race with update stats on free
> */
>
> struct napi_struct napi;
> cpumask_t affinity_mask;
> @@ -195,7 +196,6 @@ struct fm10k_q_vector { #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> struct dentry *dbg_q_vector;
> #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
> - struct rcu_head rcu; /* to avoid race with update stats on free
> */
>
> /* for dynamic allocation of rings associated with this
> q_vector */
> struct fm10k_ring ring[] ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
> index 54d5fdc303ca..91aa88366c05 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
> @@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ struct i40e_q_vector {
>
> u16 v_idx; /* index in the vsi->q_vector array. */
> u16 reg_idx; /* register index of the interrupt */
> + struct rcu_head rcu; /* to avoid race with update stats on free
> */
>
> struct napi_struct napi;
>
> @@ -956,7 +957,6 @@ struct i40e_q_vector {
> cpumask_t affinity_mask;
> struct irq_affinity_notify affinity_notify;
>
> - struct rcu_head rcu; /* to avoid race with update stats on free
> */
> char name[I40E_INT_NAME_STR_LEN];
> bool arm_wb_state;
> bool in_busy_poll;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> index c6772cd2d802..c6cfab0ff9d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> @@ -505,11 +505,11 @@ struct ixgbe_q_vector {
> * represents the vector for this ring */
> u16 itr; /* Interrupt throttle rate written to EITR
> */
> struct ixgbe_ring_container rx, tx;
> + struct rcu_head rcu; /* to avoid race with update stats on free
> */
>
> struct napi_struct napi;
> cpumask_t affinity_mask;
> int numa_node;
> - struct rcu_head rcu; /* to avoid race with update stats on free
> */
> char name[IFNAMSIZ + 9];
>
> /* for dynamic allocation of rings associated with this
> q_vector */
> --
> 2.39.5