[patch 10/14] genirq/proc: Speed up /proc/interrupts iteration
From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Mar 04 2026 - 14:03:08 EST
Reading /proc/interrupts iterates over the interrupt number space one by
one and looks up the descriptors one by one. That's just a waste of time.
When CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW is enabled this can utilize the maple tree and
cache the descriptor pointer efficiently for the sequence file operations.
Implement a CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW specific version in the core code and
leave the fs/proc/ variant for the legacy architectures which ignore generic
code.
This reduces the time wasted for looking up the next record significantly.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/Makefile | 4 +-
kernel/irq/proc.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/proc/Makefile
+++ b/fs/proc/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ proc-y += cmdline.o
proc-y += consoles.o
proc-y += cpuinfo.o
proc-y += devices.o
-proc-y += interrupts.o
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW),y)
+proc-y += interrupts.o
+endif
proc-y += loadavg.o
proc-y += meminfo.o
proc-y += stat.o
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ void irq_proc_update_valid(struct irq_de
#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
+#define ARCH_PROC_IRQDESC ((void *)0x00001111)
+
int __weak arch_show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, int prec)
{
return 0;
@@ -508,34 +510,29 @@ void irq_proc_emit_counts(struct seq_fil
irq_proc_emit_zero_counts(p, zeros);
}
-int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
+static int irq_seq_show(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
{
- int prec = READ_ONCE(irq_num_prec);
-
- int i = *(loff_t *) v, j;
+ int prec = (int)(unsigned long)p->private;
+ struct irq_desc *desc = v;
struct irqaction *action;
- struct irq_desc *desc;
-
- if (i > ACTUAL_NR_IRQS)
- return 0;
- if (i == ACTUAL_NR_IRQS)
+ if (desc == ARCH_PROC_IRQDESC)
return arch_show_interrupts(p, prec);
- /* print header and calculate the width of the first column */
- if (i == 0) {
+ /* print header for the first interrupt indicated by !p>private */
+ if (!prec) {
+ unsigned int cpu;
+
+ prec = READ_ONCE(irq_num_prec);
seq_printf(p, "%*s", prec + 8, "");
- for_each_online_cpu(j)
- seq_printf(p, "CPU%-8d", j);
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+ seq_printf(p, "CPU%-8d", cpu);
seq_putc(p, '\n');
+ p->private = (void *)(unsigned long)prec;
}
- guard(rcu)();
- desc = irq_to_desc(i);
- if (!desc || !irq_settings_proc_valid(desc))
- return 0;
-
- seq_printf(p, "%*d:", prec, i);
+ seq_put_decimal_ull_width(p, "", irq_desc_get_irq(desc), prec);
+ seq_putc(p, ':');
/*
* Always output per CPU interrupts. Output device interrupts only when
@@ -582,4 +579,68 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p,
seq_putc(p, '\n');
return 0;
}
+
+static void *irq_seq_next_desc(loff_t *pos)
+{
+ struct irq_desc *desc;
+
+ if (*pos > total_nr_irqs)
+ return NULL;
+
+ guard(rcu)();
+ for (;;) {
+ desc = irq_find_desc_at_or_after((unsigned int) *pos);
+ if (desc) {
+ *pos = irq_desc_get_irq(desc);
+ /*
+ * If valid for output try to acquire a reference count
+ * on the descriptor so that it can't be freed after
+ * dropping RCU read lock on return.
+ */
+ if (irq_settings_proc_valid(desc) && irq_desc_get_ref(desc))
+ return desc;
+ (*pos)++;
+ } else {
+ *pos = total_nr_irqs;
+ return ARCH_PROC_IRQDESC;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+static void *irq_seq_start(struct seq_file *f, loff_t *pos)
+{
+ if (!*pos)
+ f->private = NULL;
+ return irq_seq_next_desc(pos);
+}
+
+static void *irq_seq_next(struct seq_file *f, void *v, loff_t *pos)
+{
+ if (v && v != ARCH_PROC_IRQDESC)
+ irq_desc_put_ref(v);
+
+ (*pos)++;
+ return irq_seq_next_desc(pos);
+}
+
+static void irq_seq_stop(struct seq_file *f, void *v)
+{
+ if (v && v != ARCH_PROC_IRQDESC)
+ irq_desc_put_ref(v);
+}
+
+static const struct seq_operations irq_seq_ops = {
+ .start = irq_seq_start,
+ .next = irq_seq_next,
+ .stop = irq_seq_stop,
+ .show = irq_seq_show,
+};
+
+static int __init irq_proc_init(void)
+{
+ proc_create_seq("interrupts", 0, NULL, &irq_seq_ops);
+ return 0;
+}
+fs_initcall(irq_proc_init);
+
#endif