[PATCH 3/8] [I/OAT] Setup the networking subsystem as a DMA client
From: Chris Leech
Date: Fri Mar 10 2006 - 21:25:55 EST
Attempts to allocate per-CPU DMA channels
Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <christopher.leech@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/Kconfig | 12 +++++
include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 +++
include/net/netdma.h | 37 +++++++++++++++++
net/core/dev.c | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
index 0f15e76..30d021d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ config DMA_ENGINE
DMA engines offload copy operations from the CPU to dedicated
hardware, allowing the copies to happen asynchronously.
+comment "DMA Clients"
+
+config NET_DMA
+ bool "Network: TCP receive copy offload"
+ depends on DMA_ENGINE && NET
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ This enables the use of DMA engines in the network stack to
+ offload receive copy-to-user operations, freeing CPU cycles.
+ Since this is the main user of the DMA engine, it should be enabled;
+ say Y here.
+
comment "DMA Devices"
config INTEL_IOATDMA
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 950dc55..25d8610 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
+#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
+#endif
struct divert_blk;
struct vlan_group;
@@ -592,6 +595,9 @@ struct softnet_data
struct sk_buff *completion_queue;
struct net_device backlog_dev; /* Sorry. 8) */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
+ struct dma_chan *net_dma;
+#endif
};
DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct softnet_data,softnet_data);
diff --git a/include/net/netdma.h b/include/net/netdma.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6435aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/net/netdma.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+Copyright(c) 2004 - 2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the
+file called LICENSE.
+*****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef NETDMA_H
+#define NETDMA_H
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
+#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
+
+static inline struct dma_chan *get_softnet_dma(void)
+{
+ struct dma_chan *chan;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ chan = rcu_dereference(__get_cpu_var(softnet_data.net_dma));
+ if (chan)
+ dma_chan_get(chan);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return chan;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_NET_DMA */
+#endif /* NETDMA_H */
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index f7f6f99..d7e61b4 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
#include <linux/wireless.h> /* Note : will define WIRELESS_EXT */
#include <net/iw_handler.h>
#endif /* CONFIG_NET_RADIO */
+#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
#include <asm/current.h>
/*
@@ -149,6 +150,11 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ptype_lock);
static struct list_head ptype_base[16]; /* 16 way hashed list */
static struct list_head ptype_all; /* Taps */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
+static struct dma_client *net_dma_client;
+static unsigned int net_dma_count;
+#endif
+
/*
* The @dev_base list is protected by @dev_base_lock and the rtln
* semaphore.
@@ -1750,6 +1756,19 @@ static void net_rx_action(struct softirq
}
}
out:
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
+ /*
+ * There may not be any more sk_buffs coming right now, so push
+ * any pending DMA copies to hardware
+ */
+ if (net_dma_client) {
+ struct dma_chan *chan;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(chan, &net_dma_client->channels, client_node)
+ dma_async_memcpy_issue_pending(chan);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ }
+#endif
local_irq_enable();
return;
@@ -3205,6 +3224,85 @@ static int dev_cpu_callback(struct notif
}
#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
+/**
+ * net_dma_rebalance -
+ * This is called when the number of channels allocated to the net_dma_client
+ * changes. The net_dma_client tries to have one DMA channel per CPU.
+ */
+static void net_dma_rebalance(void)
+{
+ unsigned int cpu, i, n;
+ struct dma_chan *chan;
+
+ lock_cpu_hotplug();
+
+ if (net_dma_count == 0) {
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+ rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(softnet_data.net_dma, cpu), NULL);
+ unlock_cpu_hotplug();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ i = 0;
+ cpu = first_cpu(cpu_online_map);
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ list_for_each_entry(chan, &net_dma_client->channels, client_node) {
+ n = ((num_online_cpus() / net_dma_count)
+ + (i < (num_online_cpus() % net_dma_count) ? 1 : 0));
+
+ while(n) {
+ per_cpu(softnet_data.net_dma, cpu) = chan;
+ cpu = next_cpu(cpu, cpu_online_map);
+ n--;
+ }
+ i++;
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ unlock_cpu_hotplug();
+}
+
+/**
+ * netdev_dma_event - event callback for the net_dma_client
+ * @client: should always be net_dma_client
+ * @chan:
+ * @event:
+ */
+static void netdev_dma_event(struct dma_client *client, struct dma_chan *chan,
+ enum dma_event event)
+{
+ switch (event) {
+ case DMA_RESOURCE_ADDED:
+ net_dma_count++;
+ net_dma_rebalance();
+ break;
+ case DMA_RESOURCE_REMOVED:
+ net_dma_count--;
+ net_dma_rebalance();
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * netdev_dma_regiser - register the networking subsystem as a DMA client
+ */
+static int __init netdev_dma_register(void)
+{
+ net_dma_client = dma_async_client_register(netdev_dma_event);
+ if (net_dma_client == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ dma_async_client_chan_request(net_dma_client, num_online_cpus());
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#else
+static int __init netdev_dma_register(void) { return -ENODEV; }
+#endif /* CONFIG_NET_DMA */
/*
* Initialize the DEV module. At boot time this walks the device list and
@@ -3258,6 +3356,8 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
atomic_set(&queue->backlog_dev.refcnt, 1);
}
+ netdev_dma_register();
+
dev_boot_phase = 0;
open_softirq(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ, net_tx_action, NULL);
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