sfc: Use TX PIO for sufficiently small packets
authorJon Cooper <jcooper@solarflare.com>
Mon, 2 Sep 2013 17:24:29 +0000 (18:24 +0100)
committerBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:31:52 +0000 (19:31 +0100)
Sufficiently small linear packets can be copied into the PIO buffer
with a single call to memcpy_toio().  Non-linear packets require an
intermediate cache-line-sized buffer.

[bwh: I wrote the first version of this, but Jon did the hard work to
 handle non-linear packets.]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10_regs.h
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ethtool.c
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tx.c

index b3f4e3755fd97cd7c38130597d54e22c20b591d6..207ac9a1e3de989d0f5e4d588c27b6035eec31ec 100644 (file)
 #define        ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_TYPE_WIDTH 1
 #define        ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_OPT_LBN 60
 #define        ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_OPT_WIDTH 3
+#define        ESE_DZ_TX_OPTION_DESC_PIO 1
 #define        ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_CONT_LBN 59
 #define        ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_CONT_WIDTH 1
 #define        ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_BYTE_CNT_LBN 32
index c8dc407513b0751690a3e247da91fa8b724d2cd4..1f529fa2edb10008a5c03944bea2fb0d995e1e61 100644 (file)
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static const struct efx_sw_stat_desc efx_sw_stat_desc[] = {
        EFX_ETHTOOL_UINT_TXQ_STAT(tso_long_headers),
        EFX_ETHTOOL_UINT_TXQ_STAT(tso_packets),
        EFX_ETHTOOL_UINT_TXQ_STAT(pushes),
+       EFX_ETHTOOL_UINT_TXQ_STAT(pio_packets),
        EFX_ETHTOOL_ATOMIC_NIC_ERROR_STAT(rx_reset),
        EFX_ETHTOOL_UINT_CHANNEL_STAT(rx_tobe_disc),
        EFX_ETHTOOL_UINT_CHANNEL_STAT(rx_ip_hdr_chksum_err),
index 6febecc46e866282e1ad5af86731a0ec10cd7d5c..aac22a1e85b8e081f5c83723721c637161ba1e46 100644 (file)
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ struct efx_tx_buffer {
  *     blocks
  * @tso_packets: Number of packets via the TSO xmit path
  * @pushes: Number of times the TX push feature has been used
+ * @pio_packets: Number of times the TX PIO feature has been used
  * @empty_read_count: If the completion path has seen the queue as empty
  *     and the transmission path has not yet checked this, the value of
  *     @read_count bitwise-added to %EFX_EMPTY_COUNT_VALID; otherwise 0.
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ struct efx_tx_queue {
        unsigned int tso_long_headers;
        unsigned int tso_packets;
        unsigned int pushes;
+       unsigned int pio_packets;
 
        /* Members shared between paths and sometimes updated */
        unsigned int empty_read_count ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
index 6cecda3b3cbe3a23f27ec868bc90be6de01405d8..282692c48e6b6de94949e814ecdadf848186edc6 100644 (file)
@@ -183,6 +183,145 @@ static void efx_tx_maybe_stop_queue(struct efx_tx_queue *txq1)
        }
 }
 
+#ifdef EFX_USE_PIO
+
+struct efx_short_copy_buffer {
+       int used;
+       u8 buf[L1_CACHE_BYTES];
+};
+
+/* Copy to PIO, respecting that writes to PIO buffers must be dword aligned.
+ * Advances piobuf pointer. Leaves additional data in the copy buffer.
+ */
+static void efx_memcpy_toio_aligned(struct efx_nic *efx, u8 __iomem **piobuf,
+                                   u8 *data, int len,
+                                   struct efx_short_copy_buffer *copy_buf)
+{
+       int block_len = len & ~(sizeof(copy_buf->buf) - 1);
+
+       memcpy_toio(*piobuf, data, block_len);
+       *piobuf += block_len;
+       len -= block_len;
+
+       if (len) {
+               data += block_len;
+               BUG_ON(copy_buf->used);
+               BUG_ON(len > sizeof(copy_buf->buf));
+               memcpy(copy_buf->buf, data, len);
+               copy_buf->used = len;
+       }
+}
+
+/* Copy to PIO, respecting dword alignment, popping data from copy buffer first.
+ * Advances piobuf pointer. Leaves additional data in the copy buffer.
+ */
+static void efx_memcpy_toio_aligned_cb(struct efx_nic *efx, u8 __iomem **piobuf,
+                                      u8 *data, int len,
+                                      struct efx_short_copy_buffer *copy_buf)
+{
+       if (copy_buf->used) {
+               /* if the copy buffer is partially full, fill it up and write */
+               int copy_to_buf =
+                       min_t(int, sizeof(copy_buf->buf) - copy_buf->used, len);
+
+               memcpy(copy_buf->buf + copy_buf->used, data, copy_to_buf);
+               copy_buf->used += copy_to_buf;
+
+               /* if we didn't fill it up then we're done for now */
+               if (copy_buf->used < sizeof(copy_buf->buf))
+                       return;
+
+               memcpy_toio(*piobuf, copy_buf->buf, sizeof(copy_buf->buf));
+               *piobuf += sizeof(copy_buf->buf);
+               data += copy_to_buf;
+               len -= copy_to_buf;
+               copy_buf->used = 0;
+       }
+
+       efx_memcpy_toio_aligned(efx, piobuf, data, len, copy_buf);
+}
+
+static void efx_flush_copy_buffer(struct efx_nic *efx, u8 __iomem *piobuf,
+                                 struct efx_short_copy_buffer *copy_buf)
+{
+       /* if there's anything in it, write the whole buffer, including junk */
+       if (copy_buf->used)
+               memcpy_toio(piobuf, copy_buf->buf, sizeof(copy_buf->buf));
+}
+
+/* Traverse skb structure and copy fragments in to PIO buffer.
+ * Advances piobuf pointer.
+ */
+static void efx_skb_copy_bits_to_pio(struct efx_nic *efx, struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                    u8 __iomem **piobuf,
+                                    struct efx_short_copy_buffer *copy_buf)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       efx_memcpy_toio_aligned(efx, piobuf, skb->data, skb_headlen(skb),
+                               copy_buf);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; ++i) {
+               skb_frag_t *f = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
+               u8 *vaddr;
+
+               vaddr = kmap_atomic(skb_frag_page(f));
+
+               efx_memcpy_toio_aligned_cb(efx, piobuf, vaddr + f->page_offset,
+                                          skb_frag_size(f), copy_buf);
+               kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
+       }
+
+       EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list);
+}
+
+static struct efx_tx_buffer *
+efx_enqueue_skb_pio(struct efx_tx_queue *tx_queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       struct efx_tx_buffer *buffer =
+               efx_tx_queue_get_insert_buffer(tx_queue);
+       u8 __iomem *piobuf = tx_queue->piobuf;
+
+       /* Copy to PIO buffer. Ensure the writes are padded to the end
+        * of a cache line, as this is required for write-combining to be
+        * effective on at least x86.
+        */
+
+       if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags) {
+               /* The size of the copy buffer will ensure all writes
+                * are the size of a cache line.
+                */
+               struct efx_short_copy_buffer copy_buf;
+
+               copy_buf.used = 0;
+
+               efx_skb_copy_bits_to_pio(tx_queue->efx, skb,
+                                        &piobuf, &copy_buf);
+               efx_flush_copy_buffer(tx_queue->efx, piobuf, &copy_buf);
+       } else {
+               /* Pad the write to the size of a cache line.
+                * We can do this because we know the skb_shared_info sruct is
+                * after the source, and the destination buffer is big enough.
+                */
+               BUILD_BUG_ON(L1_CACHE_BYTES >
+                            SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)));
+               memcpy_toio(tx_queue->piobuf, skb->data,
+                           ALIGN(skb->len, L1_CACHE_BYTES));
+       }
+
+       EFX_POPULATE_QWORD_5(buffer->option,
+                            ESF_DZ_TX_DESC_IS_OPT, 1,
+                            ESF_DZ_TX_OPTION_TYPE, ESE_DZ_TX_OPTION_DESC_PIO,
+                            ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_CONT, 0,
+                            ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_BYTE_CNT, skb->len,
+                            ESF_DZ_TX_PIO_BUF_ADDR,
+                            tx_queue->piobuf_offset);
+       ++tx_queue->pio_packets;
+       ++tx_queue->insert_count;
+       return buffer;
+}
+#endif /* EFX_USE_PIO */
+
 /*
  * Add a socket buffer to a TX queue
  *
@@ -227,6 +366,17 @@ netdev_tx_t efx_enqueue_skb(struct efx_tx_queue *tx_queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
                        return NETDEV_TX_OK;
        }
 
+       /* Consider using PIO for short packets */
+#ifdef EFX_USE_PIO
+       if (skb->len <= efx_piobuf_size && tx_queue->piobuf &&
+           efx_nic_tx_is_empty(tx_queue) &&
+           efx_nic_tx_is_empty(efx_tx_queue_partner(tx_queue))) {
+               buffer = efx_enqueue_skb_pio(tx_queue, skb);
+               dma_flags = EFX_TX_BUF_OPTION;
+               goto finish_packet;
+       }
+#endif
+
        /* Map for DMA.  Use dma_map_single rather than dma_map_page
         * since this is more efficient on machines with sparse
         * memory.
@@ -279,6 +429,7 @@ netdev_tx_t efx_enqueue_skb(struct efx_tx_queue *tx_queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
        }
 
        /* Transfer ownership of the skb to the final buffer */
+finish_packet:
        buffer->skb = skb;
        buffer->flags = EFX_TX_BUF_SKB | dma_flags;