Re: [PATCH 6/6] genirq: soft_moderation: implement per-driver defaults (nvme and vfio)

From: Thomas Gleixner

Date: Thu Nov 13 2025 - 05:18:46 EST


On Wed, Nov 12 2025 at 19:24, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> Introduce helpers to implement per-driver module parameters to enable
> moderation at boot/probe time.
>
> As an example, use the helpers in nvme and vfio drivers.
>
> To test, boot a kernel with
>
> ${driver}.soft_moderation=1 # enables moderation.
>
> and verify with "cat /proc/irq/soft_moderation" that
> the counters increase.
>
> Change-Id: Iaad4110977deb96df845501895e0043bd93fc350
> ---
> drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 3 +++
> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c | 3 +++
> include/linux/interrupt.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> kernel/irq/irq_moderation.c | 11 +++++++++++

Again a pile of randomly picked files. The proper way is documented:

1) Add infrastructure first

2) Use infrastructure in drivers, one patch per subsystem

> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> index 72fb675a696f4..b9d7bce30061f 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
> static_assert(MAX_PRP_RANGE / NVME_CTRL_PAGE_SIZE <=
> (1 /* prp1 */ + NVME_MAX_NR_DESCRIPTORS * PRPS_PER_PAGE));
>
> +DEFINE_IRQ_MODERATION_MODE_PARAMETER;
> +
> static int use_threaded_interrupts;
> module_param(use_threaded_interrupts, int, 0444);
>
> @@ -1989,6 +1991,7 @@ static int nvme_create_queue(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, int qid, bool polled)
> result = queue_request_irq(nvmeq);
> if (result < 0)
> goto release_sq;
> + IRQ_MODERATION_SET_DEFAULT_MODE(pci_irq_vector(to_pci_dev(dev->dev), vector));

What's the point of this IRQ_MODERATION_SET_DEFAULT_MODE() wrapper?

Thanks,

tglx