Re: [PATCH net-next V3 0/3] Introduce and use NUMA distance metrics

[Tariq Toukan]

On 7/19/2022 7:23 PM, Tariq Toukan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Implement and expose CPU spread API based on the scheduler's
> sched_numa_find_closest().  Use it in mlx5 and enic device drivers.  This
> replaces the binary NUMA preference (local / remote) with an improved one
> that minds the actual distances, so that remote NUMAs with short distance
> are preferred over farther ones.
>
> This has significant performance implications when using NUMA-aware
> memory allocations, improving the throughput and CPU utilization.
>
> Regards,
> Tariq
>
> v3:
> - Introduce the logic as a common API instead of being mlx5 specific.
> - Add implementation to enic device driver.
> - Use non-atomic version of __cpumask_clear_cpu.

Comments on V2 were addressed.
Please let me now of any other comments on this V3.