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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] irq ratelimit

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] irq ratelimit
From: Qing He <qing.he@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:10:18 +0800
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This patch adds the feature of irq ratelimit. It temporarily masks
the interrupt (guest) if too many irqs are observed in a short
period (irq storm), to ensure responsiveness of Xen and other guests.

As for now, the threshold can be adjusted at boot time using command-
line option irq_ratelimit=.

Signed-off-by: Qing He <qing.he@xxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/irq.c    |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/xen/irq.h |    6 +++++
 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+)

diff -r 8f81bdd57afe xen/arch/x86/irq.c
--- a/xen/arch/x86/irq.c        Thu Sep 03 09:51:37 2009 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/irq.c        Tue Sep 15 18:16:38 2009 +0800
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(vector_irq_t, vector_irq)
 };
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_user_regs *, __irq_regs);
+
+static LIST_HEAD(irq_ratelimit_list);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(irq_ratelimit_lock);
+static struct timer irq_ratelimit_timer;
+
+/* irq_ratelimit: the max irq rate allowed in every 10ms, set 0 to disable */
+unsigned int __read_mostly irq_ratelimit_threshold = 10000;
+integer_param("irq_ratelimit", irq_ratelimit_threshold);
 
 /* Must be called when irq disabled */
 void lock_vector_lock(void)
@@ -241,6 +249,10 @@ static void init_one_irq_desc(struct irq
     desc->msi_desc = NULL;
     spin_lock_init(&desc->lock);
     cpus_setall(desc->affinity);
+
+    desc->rl_quantum_start = NOW();
+    desc->rl_cnt = 0;
+    INIT_LIST_HEAD(&desc->rl_link);
 }
 
 static void init_one_irq_status(int irq)
@@ -469,6 +481,29 @@ asmlinkage void do_IRQ(struct cpu_user_r
 
     if ( likely(desc->status & IRQ_GUEST) )
     {
+        s_time_t now = NOW();
+        if ( now > (desc->rl_quantum_start + MILLISECS(10)) ) {
+            desc->rl_cnt = 0;
+            desc->rl_quantum_start = now;
+        }
+        if ( unlikely(desc->rl_cnt++ >= irq_ratelimit_threshold) ) {
+            desc->handler->disable(irq);
+            /*
+             * If handler->disable doesn't actually mask the interrupt,
+             * a disabled irq still can fire. This check also avoids
+             * possible deadlocks if ratelimit_timer_fn runs at the
+             * same time.
+             */
+            if ( likely(list_empty(&desc->rl_link)) ) {
+                spin_lock(&irq_ratelimit_lock);
+                if ( list_empty(&irq_ratelimit_list) )
+                    set_timer(&irq_ratelimit_timer, now + MILLISECS(10));
+                list_add(&desc->rl_link, &irq_ratelimit_list);
+                spin_unlock(&irq_ratelimit_lock);
+            }
+            goto out;
+        }
+
         irq_enter();
         tsc_in = tb_init_done ? get_cycles() : 0;
         __do_IRQ_guest(irq);
@@ -511,6 +546,35 @@ asmlinkage void do_IRQ(struct cpu_user_r
     spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
     set_irq_regs(old_regs);
 }
+
+static void irq_ratelimit_timer_fn(void *data)
+{
+    struct irq_desc *desc, *tmp;
+    unsigned long flags;
+
+    spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_ratelimit_lock, flags);
+
+    list_for_each_entry_safe(desc, tmp, &irq_ratelimit_list, rl_link) {
+        spin_lock(&desc->lock);
+        desc->handler->enable(desc->irq);
+        list_del(&desc->rl_link);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&desc->rl_link);
+        spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
+    }
+
+    spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_ratelimit_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static int __init irq_ratelimit_init(void)
+{
+    init_timer(&irq_ratelimit_timer, irq_ratelimit_timer_fn, NULL, 0);
+
+    if (irq_ratelimit_threshold == 0)
+        irq_ratelimit_threshold = ~0U;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+__initcall(irq_ratelimit_init);
 
 int request_irq(unsigned int irq,
         void (*handler)(int, void *, struct cpu_user_regs *),
diff -r 8f81bdd57afe xen/include/xen/irq.h
--- a/xen/include/xen/irq.h     Thu Sep 03 09:51:37 2009 +0100
+++ b/xen/include/xen/irq.h     Tue Sep 15 18:16:38 2009 +0800
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <xen/config.h>
 #include <xen/cpumask.h>
 #include <xen/spinlock.h>
+#include <xen/time.h>
 #include <asm/regs.h>
 #include <asm/hardirq.h>
 
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ typedef struct irq_desc {
     int irq;
     spinlock_t lock;
     cpumask_t affinity;
+
+    /* irq ratelimit */
+    s_time_t rl_quantum_start;
+    unsigned int rl_cnt;
+    struct list_head rl_link;
 } __cacheline_aligned irq_desc_t;
 
 #if defined(__ia64__)

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