From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
To: christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu, maddy@linux.ibm.com,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, tglx@kernel.org
Cc: sshegde@linux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] powerpc/irq: Suppress unlikely interrupt stats by default
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 18:10:45 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260529124045.1208539-4-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260529124045.1208539-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Some interrupts are always zero and that is expected since they occur
very rarely and are mostly error indications. Don't print them by
default.
"MCE" - "Machine check exceptions"
"NMI" - "System Reset interrupts"
Print them if they occur once. Maintain a bitmap to know which
interrupts are to be printed.
Time taken to read /proc/interrupts 1000 times.
Base and v6 details can be found in cover-letter.
Base : 103us
v6 : 63us
v6+patch 1+2 : 57us
v6+patch 1+2+3 : 54us
Patch 3 shows an additional 5% gain compared to patch 1+2. So it does
make sense to print them only if they are ever set.
Note: Since /proc/interrupts depend on kconfig and arch dependent,
userspace tools don't make explicit assumptions.
Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h | 1 +
arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 38098e35b241..be6cd5aab016 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, __softirq_pending);
#define local_softirq_pending_ref __softirq_pending
#define inc_irq_stat(index) __this_cpu_inc(irq_stat.counts[IRQ_COUNT_##index])
+void inc_irq_stat_and_enable(enum irq_stat_counts which);
#define __ARCH_IRQ_STAT
#define __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index e67a18f62142..0a6a0e707fe8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -87,9 +87,13 @@ u32 tau_interrupts(unsigned long cpu);
struct irq_stat_info {
const char *symbol;
const char *text;
+ int optional;
};
-#define ISE(idx, sym, txt)[IRQ_COUNT_##idx] = { .symbol = sym, .text = txt}
+/* ISE - IRQ STAT ENABLED, ISC - IRQ STAT CONDITIONAL */
+#define ISE(idx, sym, txt)[IRQ_COUNT_##idx] = { .symbol = sym, .text = txt, .optional = 0}
+#define ISC(idx, sym, txt)[IRQ_COUNT_##idx] = { .symbol = sym, .text = txt, .optional = 1}
+
static struct irq_stat_info irq_stat_info[IRQ_COUNT_MAX] __ro_after_init = {
ISE(LOC_TIMER, "LOC", " Local timer interrupts for timer event device\n"),
@@ -97,8 +101,8 @@ static struct irq_stat_info irq_stat_info[IRQ_COUNT_MAX] __ro_after_init = {
ISE(OTHER_TIMER, "LOC", " Local timer interrupts for others\n"),
ISE(SPURIOUS, "SPU", " Spurious interrupts\n"),
ISE(PMI, "PMI", " Performance monitoring interrupts\n"),
- ISE(MCE, "MCE", " Machine check exceptions\n"),
- ISE(NMI_SRESET, "NMI", " System Reset interrupts\n"),
+ ISC(MCE, "MCE", " Machine check exceptions\n"),
+ ISC(NMI_SRESET, "NMI", " System Reset interrupts\n"),
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_WATCHDOG
ISE(WATCHDOG, "WDG", " Watchdog soft-NMI interrupts\n"),
#endif
@@ -107,11 +111,25 @@ static struct irq_stat_info irq_stat_info[IRQ_COUNT_MAX] __ro_after_init = {
#endif
};
+/*
+ * Used for default disabled counters to increment the stats and to enable the
+ * entry for /proc/interrupts output.
+ */
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(irq_stat_count_show, IRQ_COUNT_MAX) __read_mostly;
+void inc_irq_stat_and_enable(enum irq_stat_counts which)
+{
+ __this_cpu_inc(irq_stat.counts[which]);
+ set_bit(which, irq_stat_count_show);
+}
+
int arch_show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, int prec)
{
const struct irq_stat_info *info = irq_stat_info;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(irq_stat_info); i++, info++) {
+ if (info->optional && !test_bit(i, irq_stat_count_show))
+ continue;
+
seq_printf(p, "%*s:", prec, info->symbol);
irq_proc_emit_counts(p, &irq_stat.counts[i]);
seq_puts(p, info->text);
@@ -138,6 +156,19 @@ int arch_show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, int prec)
return 0;
}
+static int __init irq_init_stats(void)
+{
+ struct irq_stat_info *info = irq_stat_info;
+
+ for (unsigned int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(irq_stat_info); i++, info++) {
+ if (info->optional == 0)
+ set_bit(i, irq_stat_count_show);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(irq_init_stats);
+
/*
* /proc/stat helpers
*/
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index a8f15154bd9a..3eacbd20fc80 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI(system_reset_exception)
}
hv_nmi_check_nonrecoverable(regs);
- inc_irq_stat(NMI_SRESET);
+ inc_irq_stat_and_enable(IRQ_COUNT_NMI_SRESET);
/* See if any machine dependent calls */
if (ppc_md.system_reset_exception) {
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static void __machine_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int recover = 0;
- inc_irq_stat(MCE);
+ inc_irq_stat_and_enable(IRQ_COUNT_MCE);
add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
--
2.47.3
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-29 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-29 12:40 [PATCH v2 0/3] powerpc/irq: Use optimizations for /proc/interrupts Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-29 12:40 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] powerpc/irq: Move __softirq_pending out of irq_stat Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-29 12:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] powerpc/irq: Make irqstats array based Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-29 12:40 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
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