Re: [PATCHv6 0/2] *** Detect interrupt storm in softlockup ***

[Bitao Hu]

On 2024/2/9 22:48, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Thu 2024-02-08 20:54:24, Bitao Hu wrote:
> > Hi, guys.
> > I have implemented a low-overhead method for detecting interrupt
> > storm in softlockup. Please review it, all comments are welcome.
>
> I like this work.
>
> I wonder if you might be interested also in reporting problems
> when soft IRQs are offloaded to the "ksoftirqd/X" kthreads
> for too long.
>
> The kthreads are processes with normal priority. As a result,
> offloading soft IRQs to kthreads might cause huge difference
> on loaded systems.
>
> I have seen several problems when a flood of softIRQs triggered
> offloading them. And it caused several second delays on networking
> interfaces.
This is an interesting issue! I had considered the matter of softirq
while working on this, but since there were no actual issues at hand,
I didn't conduct an analysis. Your mention of this problem has
opened my eyes.

Best Regards,
Bitao