Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] memory: omap-gpmc: mtd: nand: Support GPMC NAND on non-OMAP platforms

From: Roger Quadros
Date: Tue Oct 27 2015 - 05:38:10 EST


Hi Brian,

On 26/10/15 23:23, Brian Norris wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
> I'm not too familiar with OMAP platforms, and I might have missed out on
> prior discussions/context, so please forgive if I'm asking silly or old
> questions here.

No worries at all.

>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 05:53:22PM +0300, Roger Quadros wrote:
>> - Remove NAND IRQ handling from omap-gpmc driver, share the GPMC IRQ
>> with the omap2-nand driver and handle NAND IRQ events in the NAND driver.
>> This causes performance increase when using prefetch-irq mode.
>> 30% increase in read, 17% increase in write in prefetch-irq mode.
>
> Have you pinpointed the exact causes for the performance increase, or
> can you give an educated guess? AIUI, you're reducing the number of
> interrupts needed for NAND prefetch mode, but you're also removing a bit
> of abstraction and implementing hooks that look awfully like the
> existing abstractions:
>
> + int (*nand_irq_enable)(enum gpmc_nand_irq irq);
> + int (*nand_irq_disable)(enum gpmc_nand_irq irq);
> + void (*nand_irq_clear)(enum gpmc_nand_irq irq);
> + u32 (*nand_irq_status)(void);
>
> That's not really a problem if there's a good reason for them (brcmnand
> implements similar hooks because of quirks in the implementation of
> interrupts across various BRCM SoCs, and it's not worth writing irqchip
> drivers for those cases). I'm mainly curious for an explanation.

I have both implementations with me. My guess is that the 20% performance
gain is due to absence of irqchip/irqdomain translation code.
I haven't investigated further though.

Another concern I have is that I'm not using any locking around
gpmc_nand_irq_enable/disable(). Could this pose problems in multiple NAND
use cases? My understanding is that it should not as the controller access
is serialized between multiple NAND chips.

However I do need to add some locking as the GPMC_IRQENABLE register is shared
between NAND and GPMC driver.

NOTE: We are not using prefetch-irq mode for any of the OMAP boards because
of lesser performance than prefetch-polled mode. So if the less performance
for an unused mode is a lesser concern compared to cleaner code then
I can resend this with the irqdomain implementation.

Below are performance logs of irqdomain vs hooks.

--
cheers,
-roger

test logs.

for-v4.4/gpmc-v2 - irqdomain with prefetch-irq. No ready pin.
================

[ 67.696631]
[ 67.698201] =================================================
[ 67.704254] mtd_speedtest: MTD device: 8
[ 67.708373] mtd_speedtest: MTD device size 8388608, eraseblock size 131072, page size 2048, count of eraseblocks 64, pages per eraseblock 64, OOB size 64
[ 67.723701] mtd_test: scanning for bad eraseblocks
[ 67.735468] mtd_test: scanned 64 eraseblocks, 0 are bad
[ 67.772861] mtd_speedtest: testing eraseblock write speed
[ 70.372903] mtd_speedtest: eraseblock write speed is 3156 KiB/s
[ 70.379104] mtd_speedtest: testing eraseblock read speed
[ 72.594169] mtd_speedtest: eraseblock read speed is 3708 KiB/s
[ 72.656375] mtd_speedtest: testing page write speed
[ 75.213646] mtd_speedtest: page write speed is 3208 KiB/s
[ 75.219311] mtd_speedtest: testing page read speed
[ 77.343639] mtd_speedtest: page read speed is 3865 KiB/s
[ 77.405236] mtd_speedtest: testing 2 page write speed
[ 80.039702] mtd_speedtest: 2 page write speed is 3114 KiB/s
[ 80.045561] mtd_speedtest: testing 2 page read speed
[ 82.175098] mtd_speedtest: 2 page read speed is 3856 KiB/s
[ 82.180849] mtd_speedtest: Testing erase speed
[ 82.241548] mtd_speedtest: erase speed is 146285 KiB/s
[ 82.246920] mtd_speedtest: Testing 2x multi-block erase speed
[ 82.284789] mtd_speedtest: 2x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 82.291551] mtd_speedtest: Testing 4x multi-block erase speed
[ 82.329358] mtd_speedtest: 4x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 82.336116] mtd_speedtest: Testing 8x multi-block erase speed
[ 82.373903] mtd_speedtest: 8x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 82.380648] mtd_speedtest: Testing 16x multi-block erase speed
[ 82.418503] mtd_speedtest: 16x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 82.425356] mtd_speedtest: Testing 32x multi-block erase speed
[ 82.463227] mtd_speedtest: 32x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 82.470066] mtd_speedtest: Testing 64x multi-block erase speed
[ 82.507908] mtd_speedtest: 64x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 82.514758] mtd_speedtest: finished
[ 82.518417] =================================================

root@rockdesk:~# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1
324: 798720 0 CBAR 15 Level gpmc
397: 798720 0 gpmc 0 Edge gpmc-nand-fifo
398: 24576 0 gpmc 1 Edge gpmc-nand-count


root@rockdesk:~# ./nandthroughput.sh
Test file blobs/50M.bin found
mounting NAND partition 9
== attaching ubi to mtd9
[ 133.102184] ubi0: attaching mtd9
[ 133.801162] ubi0: scanning is finished
[ 133.818853] ubi0: attached mtd9 (name "NAND.file-system", size 246 MiB)
[ 133.825805] ubi0: PEB size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB), LEB size: 129024 bytes
[ 133.833036] ubi0: min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048/2048, sub-page size 512
[ 133.840065] ubi0: VID header offset: 512 (aligned 512), data offset: 2048
[ 133.847198] ubi0: good PEBs: 1968, bad PEBs: 0, corrupted PEBs: 0
[ 133.853598] ubi0: user volume: 1, internal volumes: 1, max. volumes count: 128
[ 133.861178] ubi0: max/mean erase counter: 2/1, WL threshold: 4096, image sequence number: 673614122
[ 133.870682] ubi0: available PEBs: 0, total reserved PEBs: 1968, PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 40
[ 133.880817] ubi0: background thread "ubi_bgt0d" started, PID 2304
UBI device number 0, total 1968 LEBs (253919232 bytes, 242.2 MiB), available 0 LEBs (0 bytes), LEB size 129024 bytes (126.0 KiB)
== mounting volume
[ 133.921377] UBIFS (ubi0:0): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_0" started, PID 2306
[ 133.987100] UBIFS (ubi0:0): UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 0, name "rootfs"
[ 133.994882] UBIFS (ubi0:0): LEB size: 129024 bytes (126 KiB), min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048 bytes/2048 bytes
[ 134.005314] UBIFS (ubi0:0): FS size: 246564864 bytes (235 MiB, 1911 LEBs), journal size 12386304 bytes (11 MiB, 96 LEBs)
[ 134.016737] UBIFS (ubi0:0): reserved for root: 4952683 bytes (4836 KiB)
[ 134.023691] UBIFS (ubi0:0): media format: w4/r0 (latest is w4/r0), UUID CE1A60B9-55D7-42D8-BC23-13997CF7F130, small LPT model
write test
[ 134.159501] nandthroughput. (2301): drop_caches: 3
5+0 records in
5+0 records out
52428800 bytes (52 MB) copied, 12.0334 s, 4.4 MB/s
read test
[ 146.782569] nandthroughput. (2301): drop_caches: 3
5+0 records in
5+0 records out
52428800 bytes (52 MB) copied, 7.61057 s, 6.9 MB/s
b34b1f703d54d577fe78564226d5a6d6 /tmp/nandtest
b34b1f703d54d577fe78564226d5a6d6 /tmp/nandtestread
== unmounting volume
[ 155.122917] UBIFS (ubi0:0): un-mount UBI device 0
[ 155.128142] UBIFS (ubi0:0): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_0" stops
== detaching ubi
[ 155.175075] ubi0: detaching mtd9
[ 155.184543] ubi0: mtd9 is detached
done


for-v4.4/gpmc-v4-prefetch-irq-noready - prefetch-irq with no irqdomain, no ready pin.
=====================================

[ 28.472795]
[ 28.474361] =================================================
[ 28.480376] mtd_speedtest: MTD device: 8
[ 28.484546] mtd_speedtest: MTD device size 8388608, eraseblock size 131072, page size 2048, count of eraseblocks 64, pages per eraseblock 64, OOB size 64
[ 28.499856] mtd_test: scanning for bad eraseblocks
[ 28.512001] mtd_test: scanned 64 eraseblocks, 0 are bad
[ 28.549375] mtd_speedtest: testing eraseblock write speed
[ 30.886014] mtd_speedtest: eraseblock write speed is 3515 KiB/s
[ 30.892246] mtd_speedtest: testing eraseblock read speed
[ 32.727323] mtd_speedtest: eraseblock read speed is 4476 KiB/s
[ 32.789452] mtd_speedtest: testing page write speed
[ 35.124514] mtd_speedtest: page write speed is 3515 KiB/s
[ 35.130181] mtd_speedtest: testing page read speed
[ 37.006367] mtd_speedtest: page read speed is 4378 KiB/s
[ 37.067976] mtd_speedtest: testing 2 page write speed
[ 39.386324] mtd_speedtest: 2 page write speed is 3541 KiB/s
[ 39.392191] mtd_speedtest: testing 2 page read speed
[ 41.289049] mtd_speedtest: 2 page read speed is 4329 KiB/s
[ 41.294820] mtd_speedtest: Testing erase speed
[ 41.355468] mtd_speedtest: erase speed is 148945 KiB/s
[ 41.360856] mtd_speedtest: Testing 2x multi-block erase speed
[ 41.398737] mtd_speedtest: 2x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 41.405506] mtd_speedtest: Testing 4x multi-block erase speed
[ 41.443567] mtd_speedtest: 4x multi-block erase speed is 256000 KiB/s
[ 41.450319] mtd_speedtest: Testing 8x multi-block erase speed
[ 41.488075] mtd_speedtest: 8x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 41.494843] mtd_speedtest: Testing 16x multi-block erase speed
[ 41.532670] mtd_speedtest: 16x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 41.539512] mtd_speedtest: Testing 32x multi-block erase speed
[ 41.577328] mtd_speedtest: 32x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 41.584183] mtd_speedtest: Testing 64x multi-block erase speed
[ 41.621973] mtd_speedtest: 64x multi-block erase speed is 264258 KiB/s
[ 41.628817] mtd_speedtest: finished
[ 41.632486] =================================================
root@rockdesk:~#
root@rockdesk:~# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1
324: 798737 0 CBAR 15 Level omap-gpmc, omap2-nand


./nandthroughput.sh
Test file blobs/50M.bin found
mounting NAND partition 9
== attaching ubi to mtd9
[ 371.605283] ubi0: attaching mtd9
[ 372.661433] ubi0: scanning is finished
[ 372.682827] ubi0: attached mtd9 (name "NAND.file-system", size 246 MiB)
[ 372.689759] ubi0: PEB size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB), LEB size: 129024 bytes
[ 372.696989] ubi0: min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048/2048, sub-page size 512
[ 372.704021] ubi0: VID header offset: 512 (aligned 512), data offset: 2048
[ 372.711136] ubi0: good PEBs: 1968, bad PEBs: 0, corrupted PEBs: 0
[ 372.717530] ubi0: user volume: 1, internal volumes: 1, max. volumes count: 128
[ 372.725104] ubi0: max/mean erase counter: 2/1, WL threshold: 4096, image sequence number: 673614122
[ 372.734594] ubi0: available PEBs: 0, total reserved PEBs: 1968, PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 40
[ 372.744779] ubi0: background thread "ubi_bgt0d" started, PID 2320
UBI device number 0, total 1968 LEBs (253919232 bytes, 242.2 MiB), available 0 LEBs (0 bytes), LEB size 129024 bytes (126.0 KiB)
== mounting volume
[ 372.786473] UBIFS (ubi0:0): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_0" started, PID 2322
[ 372.835870] UBIFS (ubi0:0): UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 0, name "rootfs"
[ 372.843648] UBIFS (ubi0:0): LEB size: 129024 bytes (126 KiB), min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048 bytes/2048 bytes
[ 372.854082] UBIFS (ubi0:0): FS size: 246564864 bytes (235 MiB, 1911 LEBs), journal size 12386304 bytes (11 MiB, 96 LEBs)
[ 372.865505] UBIFS (ubi0:0): reserved for root: 4952683 bytes (4836 KiB)
[ 372.872467] UBIFS (ubi0:0): media format: w4/r0 (latest is w4/r0), UUID CE1A60B9-55D7-42D8-BC23-13997CF7F130, small LPT model
write test
[ 373.019723] nandthroughput. (2317): drop_caches: 3
5+0 records in
5+0 records out
52428800 bytes (52 MB) copied, 10.8034 s, 4.9 MB/s
read test
[ 384.393642] nandthroughput. (2317): drop_caches: 3
5+0 records in
5+0 records out
52428800 bytes (52 MB) copied, 6.30402 s, 8.3 MB/s
b34b1f703d54d577fe78564226d5a6d6 /tmp/nandtest
b34b1f703d54d577fe78564226d5a6d6 /tmp/nandtestread
== unmounting volume
[ 391.420866] UBIFS (ubi0:0): un-mount UBI device 0
[ 391.426108] UBIFS (ubi0:0): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_0" stops
== detaching ubi
[ 391.456007] ubi0: detaching mtd9
[ 391.464569] ubi0: mtd9 is detached
done




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