From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>,
Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@ilvokhin.com>, Radu Rendec <radu@rendec.net>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>,
Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>,
Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Subject: [patch V5 10/15] genirq: Cache the condition for /proc/interrupts exposure
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:52:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401201348.694692490@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260401195625.213446764@kernel.org
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
show_interrupts() evaluates a boatload of conditions to establish whether
it should expose an interrupt in /proc/interrupts or not.
That can be simplified by caching the condition in an internal status flag,
which is updated when one of the relevant inputs changes.
The irq_desc::kstat_irq check is dropped because visible interrupt
descriptors always have a valid pointer.
As a result the number of instructions and branches for reading
/proc/interrupts is reduced significantly.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@ilvokhin.com>
---
V4: Cover freeing of per CPU and NMI type interrupts
V3: Remove the historical kstat_irq check - Radu
V2: s/IRQF_/IRQ/ and fixup the enum treatment - Dmitry
---
include/linux/irq.h | 1 +
kernel/irq/chip.c | 2 ++
kernel/irq/internals.h | 2 ++
kernel/irq/manage.c | 8 +++++++-
kernel/irq/proc.c | 15 +++++++++++----
kernel/irq/settings.h | 13 +++++++++++++
6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ enum {
IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY = (1 << 19),
IRQ_HIDDEN = (1 << 20),
IRQ_NO_DEBUG = (1 << 21),
+ IRQ_RESERVED = (1 << 22),
};
#define IRQF_MODIFY_MASK \
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ static void
WARN_ON(irq_chip_pm_get(irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc)));
irq_activate_and_startup(desc, IRQ_RESEND);
}
+ irq_proc_update_valid(desc);
}
void __irq_set_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle, int is_chained,
@@ -1064,6 +1065,7 @@ void irq_modify_status(unsigned int irq,
trigger = tmp;
irqd_set(&desc->irq_data, trigger);
+ irq_proc_update_valid(desc);
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_modify_status);
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ extern void register_irq_proc(unsigned i
extern void unregister_irq_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc);
extern void register_handler_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action);
extern void unregister_handler_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action);
+void irq_proc_update_valid(struct irq_desc *desc);
#else
static inline void register_irq_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc) { }
static inline void unregister_irq_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc) { }
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ static inline void register_handler_proc
struct irqaction *action) { }
static inline void unregister_handler_proc(unsigned int irq,
struct irqaction *action) { }
+static inline void irq_proc_update_valid(struct irq_desc *desc) { }
#endif
extern bool irq_can_set_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq);
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1802,6 +1802,7 @@ static int
__enable_irq(desc);
}
+ irq_proc_update_valid(desc);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
chip_bus_sync_unlock(desc);
mutex_unlock(&desc->request_mutex);
@@ -1906,6 +1907,7 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(stru
desc->affinity_hint = NULL;
#endif
+ irq_proc_update_valid(desc);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
/*
* Drop bus_lock here so the changes which were done in the chip
@@ -2047,6 +2049,8 @@ static const void *__cleanup_nmi(unsigne
irq_shutdown_and_deactivate(desc);
}
+ irq_proc_update_valid(desc);
+
if (action)
unregister_handler_proc(irq, action);
kfree(action);
@@ -2433,8 +2437,10 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_percpu_i
*action_ptr = action->next;
/* Demote from NMI if we killed the last action */
- if (!desc->action)
+ if (!desc->action) {
desc->istate &= ~IRQS_NMI;
+ irq_proc_update_valid(desc);
+ }
}
unregister_handler_proc(irq, action);
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -439,6 +439,16 @@ void init_irq_proc(void)
register_irq_proc(irq, desc);
}
+void irq_proc_update_valid(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+ u32 set = _IRQ_PROC_VALID;
+
+ if (irq_settings_is_hidden(desc) || irq_desc_is_chained(desc) || !desc->action)
+ set = 0;
+
+ irq_settings_update_proc_valid(desc, set);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
int __weak arch_show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, int prec)
@@ -514,10 +524,7 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p,
guard(rcu)();
desc = irq_to_desc(i);
- if (!desc || irq_settings_is_hidden(desc))
- return 0;
-
- if (!desc->action || irq_desc_is_chained(desc) || !desc->kstat_irqs)
+ if (!desc || !irq_settings_proc_valid(desc))
return 0;
seq_printf(p, "%*d:", prec, i);
--- a/kernel/irq/settings.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/settings.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ enum {
_IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY = IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY,
_IRQ_HIDDEN = IRQ_HIDDEN,
_IRQ_NO_DEBUG = IRQ_NO_DEBUG,
+ _IRQ_PROC_VALID = IRQ_RESERVED,
_IRQF_MODIFY_MASK = IRQF_MODIFY_MASK,
};
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ enum {
#define IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY GOT_YOU_MORON
#define IRQ_HIDDEN GOT_YOU_MORON
#define IRQ_NO_DEBUG GOT_YOU_MORON
+#define IRQ_RESERVED GOT_YOU_MORON
#undef IRQF_MODIFY_MASK
#define IRQF_MODIFY_MASK GOT_YOU_MORON
@@ -180,3 +182,14 @@ static inline bool irq_settings_no_debug
{
return desc->status_use_accessors & _IRQ_NO_DEBUG;
}
+
+static inline bool irq_settings_proc_valid(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+ return desc->status_use_accessors & _IRQ_PROC_VALID;
+}
+
+static inline void irq_settings_update_proc_valid(struct irq_desc *desc, u32 set)
+{
+ desc->status_use_accessors &= ~_IRQ_PROC_VALID;
+ desc->status_use_accessors |= (set & _IRQ_PROC_VALID);
+}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 21:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 21:51 [patch V5 00/15] Improve /proc/interrupts further Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:51 ` [patch V5 01/15] x86/irq: Optimize interrupts decimals printing Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:51 ` [patch V5 02/15] genirq/proc: Avoid formatting zero counts in /proc/interrupts Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:51 ` [patch V5 03/15] genirq/proc: Utilize irq_desc::tot_count to avoid evaluation Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:51 ` [patch V5 04/15] x86/irq: Make irqstats array based Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:51 ` [patch V5 05/15] x86/irq: Suppress unlikely interrupt stats by default Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-02 16:39 ` Radu Rendec
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 06/15] x86/irq: Move IOAPIC misrouted and PIC/APIC error counts into irq_stats Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-02 16:41 ` Radu Rendec
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 07/15] scripts/gdb: Update x86 interrupts to the array based storage Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-02 17:11 ` Radu Rendec
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 08/15] genirq: Expose nr_irqs in core code Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 09/15] genirq/manage: Make NMI cleanup RT safe Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:52 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2026-04-02 17:27 ` [patch V5 10/15] genirq: Cache the condition for /proc/interrupts exposure Radu Rendec
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 11/15] genirq: Calculate precision only when required Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 12/15] genirq: Add rcuref count to struct irq_desc Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 13/15] genirq: Expose irq_find_desc_at_or_after() in core code Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 14/15] genirq/proc: Runtime size the chip name Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-01 21:52 ` [patch V5 15/15] genirq/proc: Speed up /proc/interrupts iteration Thomas Gleixner
2026-04-02 2:32 ` [patch V5 00/15] Improve /proc/interrupts further Michael Kelley
2026-04-02 13:46 ` Thomas Gleixner
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