Re: [PATCH 2/3] QIB: Removing usage of pcie_set_mps()
From: Jiang, Dave
Date: Mon Aug 17 2015 - 18:50:24 EST
On Mon, 2015-08-17 at 17:30 -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [+cc Mike, linux-rdma]
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 04:18:54PM -0600, Keith Busch wrote:
> > From: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This is in perperation of un-exporting the pcie_set_mps() function
> > symbol. A driver should not be changing the MPS as that is the
> > responsibility of the PCI subsystem.
>
> Please explain the implications of removing this code. Does this
> affect
> performance of the device? If so, how do we get that performance
> back?
Honestly I don't know. But at the same time I think the driver
shouldn't be touching the MPS at all. Shouldn't that be left to the
PCIe subsystem and rely on the PCIe subsystem to set this to a sane
value?
>
> I also cc'd the QIB maintainers for you:
>
> QIB DRIVER
> M: Mike Marciniszyn <infinipath@xxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> F: drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/
>
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_pcie.c | 27 +---------------------
> > -----
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 26 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_pcie.c
> > b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_pcie.c
> > index 4758a38..b8a2dcd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_pcie.c
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_pcie.c
> > @@ -557,12 +557,11 @@ static void qib_tune_pcie_coalesce(struct
> > qib_devdata *dd)
> > */
> > static int qib_pcie_caps;
> > module_param_named(pcie_caps, qib_pcie_caps, int, S_IRUGO);
> > -MODULE_PARM_DESC(pcie_caps, "Max PCIe tuning: Payload (0..3),
> > ReadReq (4..7)");
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(pcie_caps, "Max PCIe tuning: ReadReq (4..7)");
> >
> > static void qib_tune_pcie_caps(struct qib_devdata *dd)
> > {
> > struct pci_dev *parent;
> > - u16 rc_mpss, rc_mps, ep_mpss, ep_mps;
> > u16 rc_mrrs, ep_mrrs, max_mrrs;
> >
> > /* Find out supported and configured values for parent
> > (root) */
> > @@ -575,30 +574,6 @@ static void qib_tune_pcie_caps(struct
> > qib_devdata *dd)
> > if (!pci_is_pcie(parent) || !pci_is_pcie(dd->pcidev))
> > return;
> >
> > - rc_mpss = parent->pcie_mpss;
> > - rc_mps = ffs(pcie_get_mps(parent)) - 8;
> > - /* Find out supported and configured values for endpoint
> > (us) */
> > - ep_mpss = dd->pcidev->pcie_mpss;
> > - ep_mps = ffs(pcie_get_mps(dd->pcidev)) - 8;
> > -
> > - /* Find max payload supported by root, endpoint */
> > - if (rc_mpss > ep_mpss)
> > - rc_mpss = ep_mpss;
> > -
> > - /* If Supported greater than limit in module param, limit
> > it */
> > - if (rc_mpss > (qib_pcie_caps & 7))
> > - rc_mpss = qib_pcie_caps & 7;
> > - /* If less than (allowed, supported), bump root payload */
> > - if (rc_mpss > rc_mps) {
> > - rc_mps = rc_mpss;
> > - pcie_set_mps(parent, 128 << rc_mps);
> > - }
> > - /* If less than (allowed, supported), bump endpoint
> > payload */
> > - if (rc_mpss > ep_mps) {
> > - ep_mps = rc_mpss;
> > - pcie_set_mps(dd->pcidev, 128 << ep_mps);
> > - }
> > -
> > /*
> > * Now the Read Request size.
> > * No field for max supported, but PCIe spec limits it to
> > 4096,