Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:22:25 -0600 | From | Mathieu Poirier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] coresight: tmc-etr: Speed up for bounce buffer in flat mode |
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On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 11:21:44AM +0800, Leo Yan wrote: > The AUX bounce buffer is allocated with API dma_alloc_coherent(), in the > low level's architecture code, e.g. for Arm64, it maps the memory with > the attribution "Normal non-cacheable"; this can be concluded from the > definition for pgprot_dmacoherent() in arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h. > > Later when access the AUX bounce buffer, since the memory mapping is > non-cacheable, it's low efficiency due to every load instruction must > reach out DRAM. > > This patch changes to allocate pages with dma_alloc_noncoherent(), the > driver can access the memory via cacheable mapping; therefore, load > instructions can fetch data from cache lines rather than always read > data from DRAM, the driver can boost memory performance. After using > the cacheable mapping, the driver uses dma_sync_single_for_cpu() to > invalidate cacheline prior to read bounce buffer so can avoid read stale > trace data. > > By measurement the duration for function tmc_update_etr_buffer() with > ftrace function_graph tracer, it shows the performance significant > improvement for copying 4MiB data from bounce buffer: > > # echo tmc_etr_get_data_flat_buf > set_graph_notrace // avoid noise > # echo tmc_update_etr_buffer > set_graph_function > # echo function_graph > current_tracer > > before: > > # CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS > # | | | | | | | > 2) | tmc_update_etr_buffer() { > ... > 2) # 8148.320 us | } > > after: > > # CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS > # | | | | | | | > 2) | tmc_update_etr_buffer() { > ... > 2) # 2525.420 us | } > > Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> > Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
I have merged this patch.
Thanks, Mathieu
> --- > > Changes from v3: > Refined change to use dma_alloc_noncoherent()/dma_free_noncoherent() > (Robin Murphy); > Retested functionality and performance on Juno-r2 board. > > Changes from v2: > Sync the entire buffer in one go when the tracing is wrap around > (Suzuki); > Add Suzuki's review tage. > > .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c > index acdb59e0e661..a049b525a274 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c > +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c > @@ -609,8 +609,9 @@ static int tmc_etr_alloc_flat_buf(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata, > if (!flat_buf) > return -ENOMEM; > > - flat_buf->vaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(real_dev, etr_buf->size, > - &flat_buf->daddr, GFP_KERNEL); > + flat_buf->vaddr = dma_alloc_noncoherent(real_dev, etr_buf->size, > + &flat_buf->daddr, > + DMA_FROM_DEVICE, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!flat_buf->vaddr) { > kfree(flat_buf); > return -ENOMEM; > @@ -631,14 +632,18 @@ static void tmc_etr_free_flat_buf(struct etr_buf *etr_buf) > if (flat_buf && flat_buf->daddr) { > struct device *real_dev = flat_buf->dev->parent; > > - dma_free_coherent(real_dev, flat_buf->size, > - flat_buf->vaddr, flat_buf->daddr); > + dma_free_noncoherent(real_dev, etr_buf->size, > + flat_buf->vaddr, flat_buf->daddr, > + DMA_FROM_DEVICE); > } > kfree(flat_buf); > } > > static void tmc_etr_sync_flat_buf(struct etr_buf *etr_buf, u64 rrp, u64 rwp) > { > + struct etr_flat_buf *flat_buf = etr_buf->private; > + struct device *real_dev = flat_buf->dev->parent; > + > /* > * Adjust the buffer to point to the beginning of the trace data > * and update the available trace data. > @@ -648,6 +653,19 @@ static void tmc_etr_sync_flat_buf(struct etr_buf *etr_buf, u64 rrp, u64 rwp) > etr_buf->len = etr_buf->size; > else > etr_buf->len = rwp - rrp; > + > + /* > + * The driver always starts tracing at the beginning of the buffer, > + * the only reason why we would get a wrap around is when the buffer > + * is full. Sync the entire buffer in one go for this case. > + */ > + if (etr_buf->offset + etr_buf->len > etr_buf->size) > + dma_sync_single_for_cpu(real_dev, flat_buf->daddr, > + etr_buf->size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE); > + else > + dma_sync_single_for_cpu(real_dev, > + flat_buf->daddr + etr_buf->offset, > + etr_buf->len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE); > } > > static ssize_t tmc_etr_get_data_flat_buf(struct etr_buf *etr_buf, > -- > 2.25.1 >
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