Re: [patch v2 07/14] genirq: Calculate precision only when required
From: Radu Rendec
Date: Wed Mar 25 2026 - 15:48:09 EST
On Fri, 2026-03-20 at 14:21 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Calculating the precision of the interrupt number column on every initial
> show_interrupt() invocation is a pointless exercise as the underlying
> maximum number of interrupts rarely changes.
>
> Calculate it only when that number is modified and let show_interrupts()
> use the cached value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/irq/internals.h | 6 ++++++
> kernel/irq/irqdesc.c | 10 ++++++----
> kernel/irq/proc.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
> 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
> +++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
> @@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ static inline void unregister_handler_pr
> static inline void irq_proc_update_valid(struct irq_desc *desc) { }
> #endif
>
> +#if defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS) && defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW)
> +void irq_proc_calc_prec(void);
> +#else
> +static inline void irq_proc_calc_prec(void) { }
> +#endif
> +
> extern bool irq_can_set_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq);
>
> extern int irq_do_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data,
> --- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
> @@ -157,13 +157,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_get_nr_irqs);
> *
> * Return: @nr.
> */
> -unsigned int irq_set_nr_irqs(unsigned int nr)
> +unsigned int __init irq_set_nr_irqs(unsigned int nr)
> {
> total_nr_irqs = nr;
> -
> + irq_proc_calc_prec();
> return nr;
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_set_nr_irqs);
>
> static DEFINE_MUTEX(sparse_irq_lock);
> static struct maple_tree sparse_irqs = MTREE_INIT_EXT(sparse_irqs,
> @@ -544,6 +543,7 @@ static bool irq_expand_nr_irqs(unsigned
> if (nr > MAX_SPARSE_IRQS)
> return false;
> total_nr_irqs = nr;
> + irq_proc_calc_prec();
> return true;
> }
>
> @@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
> desc = alloc_desc(i, node, 0, NULL, NULL);
> irq_insert_desc(i, desc);
> }
> + irq_proc_calc_prec();
> return arch_early_irq_init();
> }
>
> @@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
>
> init_irq_default_affinity();
>
> - printk(KERN_INFO "NR_IRQS: %d\n", NR_IRQS);
> + pr_info("NR_IRQS: %d\n", NR_IRQS);
>
> count = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_desc);
>
> @@ -602,6 +603,7 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
> goto __free_desc_res;
> }
>
> + irq_proc_calc_prec();
> return arch_early_irq_init();
>
> __free_desc_res:
> --- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
> @@ -457,10 +457,21 @@ int __weak arch_show_interrupts(struct s
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int irq_num_prec __read_mostly = 3;
> +
> #ifndef ACTUAL_NR_IRQS
> # define ACTUAL_NR_IRQS total_nr_irqs
> #endif
>
> +void irq_proc_calc_prec(void)
> +{
> + unsigned int prec, n;
> +
> + for (prec = 3, n = 1000; prec < 10 && n <= total_nr_irqs; ++prec)
> + n *= 10;
> + WRITE_ONCE(irq_num_prec, prec);
> +}
> +
> #define ZSTR1 " 0"
> #define ZSTR1_LEN (sizeof(ZSTR1) - 1)
> #define ZSTR16 ZSTR1 ZSTR1 ZSTR1 ZSTR1 ZSTR1 ZSTR1 ZSTR1 ZSTR1 \
> @@ -499,8 +510,7 @@ void irq_proc_emit_counts(struct seq_fil
>
> int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
> {
> - const unsigned int nr_irqs = irq_get_nr_irqs();
> - static int prec;
> + int prec = READ_ONCE(irq_num_prec);
>
> int i = *(loff_t *) v, j;
> struct irqaction *action;
> @@ -514,9 +524,6 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p,
>
> /* print header and calculate the width of the first column */
> if (i == 0) {
> - for (prec = 3, j = 1000; prec < 10 && j <= nr_irqs; ++prec)
> - j *= 10;
> -
> seq_printf(p, "%*s", prec + 8, "");
> for_each_online_cpu(j)
> seq_printf(p, "CPU%-8d", j);
> @@ -552,13 +559,16 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p,
> } else {
> seq_printf(p, "%8s", "None");
> }
> +
> + seq_putc(p, ' ');
> if (desc->irq_data.domain)
> - seq_printf(p, " %*lu", prec, desc->irq_data.hwirq);
> + seq_put_decimal_ull_width(p, "", desc->irq_data.hwirq, prec);
> else
> seq_printf(p, " %*s", prec, "");
> -#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
> - seq_printf(p, " %-8s", irqd_is_level_type(&desc->irq_data) ? "Level" : "Edge");
> -#endif
> +
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL))
> + seq_printf(p, " %-8s", irqd_is_level_type(&desc->irq_data) ? "Level" : "Edge");
> +
> if (desc->name)
> seq_printf(p, "-%-8s", desc->name);
>
Reviewed-by: Radu Rendec <radu@xxxxxxxxxx>