Re: [PATCH v8 RESEND 0/6] r8169: Enable ASPM for recent 1.0/2.5Gbps Realtek NICs

[Kai-Heng Feng]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 7:09 PM Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 21.02.2023 03:38, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> > The series is to enable ASPM on more r8169 supported devices, if
> > available.
> >
> > The latest Realtek vendor driver and its Windows driver implements a
> > feature called "dynamic ASPM" which can improve performance on it's
> > ethernet NICs.
> >
> > We have "dynamic ASPM" mechanism in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS kernel for quite a
> > while, and AFAIK it hasn't introduced any regression so far.
> >
> > A very similar issue was observed on Realtek wireless NIC, and it was
> > resolved by disabling ASPM during NAPI poll. So in v8, we use the same
> > approach, which is more straightforward, instead of toggling ASPM based
> > on packet count.
> >
> > v7:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20211016075442.650311-1-kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > v6:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20211007161552.272771-1-kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > v5:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210916154417.664323-1-kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > v4:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210827171452.217123-1-kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > v3:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210819054542.608745-1-kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > v2:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210812155341.817031-1-kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > v1:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210803152823.515849-1-kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Kai-Heng Feng (6):
> >   r8169: Disable ASPM L1.1 on 8168h
> >   Revert "PCI/ASPM: Unexport pcie_aspm_support_enabled()"
> >   PCI/ASPM: Add pcie_aspm_capable() helper
> >   r8169: Consider chip-specific ASPM can be enabled on more cases
> >   r8169: Use mutex to guard config register locking
> >   r8169: Disable ASPM while doing NAPI poll
> >
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c                   | 12 ++++++
> >  include/linux/pci.h                       |  2 +
> >  3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
>
> Note that net-next is closed during merge window.
> Formal aspect: Your patches miss the net/net-next annotation.

Will do in next revision.

> The title of the series may be an old one. Actually most ASPM
> states are enabled, you add to disable ASPM temporarily.

Right.
Most hardwares I have access to don't grant OS ASPM control, so
tp->aspm_manageable is not enabled.
Will make it more clearer.

Kai-Heng