Re: [PATH net-next v1] octeontx2-pf: Add support for page pool

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed May 17 2023 - 23:46:42 EST


On Wed, 17 May 2023 09:45:11 +0530 Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
> Page pool for each rx queue enhance rx side performance
> by reclaiming buffers back to each queue specific pool. DMA
> mapping is done only for first allocation of buffers.
> As subsequent buffers allocation avoid DMA mapping,
> it results in performance improvement.
>
> Image | Performance with Linux kernel Packet Generator
> ------------ | -----------------------------------------------
> Vannila | 3Mpps
> |
> with this | 42Mpps
> change |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>

Put an extra --- here, to place the change log outside the normal
commit message.

> ChangeLog
> v0 -> v1: Removed CONFIG_PAGE_POOL #ifdefs in code
> Used compound page APIs
> Replaced page_pool_put_page API with page_pool_put_full_page API

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
> index f9286648e45c..49df1876eca3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
> @@ -518,11 +518,36 @@ void otx2_config_irq_coalescing(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, int qidx)
> (pfvf->hw.cq_ecount_wait - 1));
> }
>
> +static int otx2_alloc_pool_buf(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, struct otx2_pool *pool,
> + dma_addr_t *dma)
> +{
> + unsigned int offset = 0;
> + struct page *page;
> + size_t sz;
> +
> + sz = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(pool->rbsize);
> + sz = ALIGN(sz, OTX2_ALIGN);
> +
> + page = page_pool_alloc_frag(pool->page_pool, &offset, sz,
> + (in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL) |

in_interrupt() should not be used in drivers, AFAIR.
Pass the correct flags from the caller (or don't -- it seems like
the only caller assumes softirq context already).

> + GFP_DMA);

GFP_DMA? Why?

> + if (unlikely(!page)) {
> + netdev_err(pfvf->netdev, "Allocation of page pool failed\n");

No prints on allocation errors, please, it only adds stress to
the system. You can add a statistic if you want.

> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +
> + *dma = page_pool_get_dma_addr(page) + offset;
> + return 0;
> +}

> + pp_params.flags = PP_FLAG_PAGE_FRAG | PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP;
> + pp_params.pool_size = numptrs;
> + pp_params.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
> + pp_params.dev = pfvf->dev;
> + pp_params.dma_dir = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
> + pool->page_pool = page_pool_create(&pp_params);
> + if (!pool->page_pool) {
> + netdev_err(pfvf->netdev, "Creation of page pool failed\n");
> + return -EFAULT;

EFAULT == "Bad address", doesn't sound right

> + }
> +
> return 0;
> }
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