CPU shielding using /proc and /dev/cpuset
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== Interrupt shielding == | == Interrupt shielding == | ||
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In order to shield CPUs from individual interrupts being serviced on them you have to make sure that the following kernel configuration parameter is set: | In order to shield CPUs from individual interrupts being serviced on them you have to make sure that the following kernel configuration parameter is set: | ||
*CONFIG_IRQBALANCE | *CONFIG_IRQBALANCE | ||
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Then make sure that the interrupts are not automatically balanced by the irqbalance daemon. This daemon is started from the irqbalance init script. To disable once do: | Then make sure that the interrupts are not automatically balanced by the irqbalance daemon. This daemon is started from the irqbalance init script. To disable once do: | ||
Revision as of 04:10, 8 September 2009
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Interrupt shielding
Kernel Space
In order to shield CPUs from individual interrupts being serviced on them you have to make sure that the following kernel configuration parameter is set:
- CONFIG_IRQBALANCE
User Space
Then make sure that the interrupts are not automatically balanced by the irqbalance daemon. This daemon is started from the irqbalance init script. To disable once do:
# /etc/init.d/irqbalance stop
To disable after next reboot do:
# chkconfig irqbalance off
After this you can change the CPU affinity mask of each interrupt by doing:
# echo hex_mask > /proc/irq/<irq_number>/smp_affinity
More information can be found in /usr/src/kernel/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt
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Process shielding
The kernel has an cpuset feature that allows you to create cpusets for real-time purposes. The kernel interface is proc filesystem based. It is described in /usr/src/kernel/Documentation/cpusets.txt
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Here is a quick example of how to use cpuset to reserve one cpu for your real-time process on a 4 cpu machine:
# mkdir /dev/cpuset/rt0
# echo 0 > /dev/cpuset/rt0/cpus
# echo 0 > /dev/cpuset/rt0/mems
# echo 1 > /dev/cpuset/rt0/cpu_exclusive
# echo $RT_PROC_PID > /dev/cpuset/rt0/tasks
# mkdir /dev/cpuset/system
# echo 1-3 > /dev/cpuset/system/cpus
# echo 0 > /dev/cpuset/system/mems
# echo 1 > /dev/cpuset/system/cpu_exclusive
# for pid in $(cat /dev/cpuset/tasks); do /bin/echo $pid > /dev/cpuset/system/tasks; done