lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2022]   [Mar]   [21]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [net-next PATCH v2] net: dsa: qca8k: pack driver struct and improve cache use
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 06:26:24PM +0100, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 07:22:00PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 05:07:55PM +0100, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 03:53:27AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 12:04:08PM +0100, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> > > > > Pack qca8k priv and other struct using pahole and set the first priv
> > > > > struct entry to mgmt_master and mgmt_eth_data to speedup access.
> > > > > While at it also rework pcs struct and move it qca8k_ports_config
> > > > > following other configuration set for the cpu ports.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > How did you "pack" struct qca8k_priv exactly?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm trying to understand it too... also this was done basend on what
> > > target?
> >
> > I used an arm64 toolchain, if that's what you're asking.
> >
>
> That could be the reason of different results. Qca8k is mostly used on
> 32bit systems with 4byte cache wonder. That could be the reason i have
> different results and on a system like that it did suggest this order?
>
> > > > Before:
> > > >
> > > > struct qca8k_priv {
> > > > u8 switch_id; /* 0 1 */
> > > > u8 switch_revision; /* 1 1 */
> > > > u8 mirror_rx; /* 2 1 */
> > > > u8 mirror_tx; /* 3 1 */
> > > > u8 lag_hash_mode; /* 4 1 */
> > > > bool legacy_phy_port_mapping; /* 5 1 */
> > > > struct qca8k_ports_config ports_config; /* 6 7 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX 3 bytes hole, try to pack */
> > > >
> > > > struct regmap * regmap; /* 16 8 */
> > > > struct mii_bus * bus; /* 24 8 */
> > > > struct ar8xxx_port_status port_sts[7]; /* 32 28 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> > > >
> > > > /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
> > > > struct dsa_switch * ds; /* 64 8 */
> > > > struct mutex reg_mutex; /* 72 160 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 3 boundary (192 bytes) was 40 bytes ago --- */
> > > > struct device * dev; /* 232 8 */
> > > > struct dsa_switch_ops ops; /* 240 864 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 17 boundary (1088 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */
> > > > struct gpio_desc * reset_gpio; /* 1104 8 */
> > > > unsigned int port_mtu[7]; /* 1112 28 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> > > >
> > > > struct net_device * mgmt_master; /* 1144 8 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 18 boundary (1152 bytes) --- */
> > > > struct qca8k_mgmt_eth_data mgmt_eth_data; /* 1152 280 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 22 boundary (1408 bytes) was 24 bytes ago --- */
> > > > struct qca8k_mib_eth_data mib_eth_data; /* 1432 272 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 26 boundary (1664 bytes) was 40 bytes ago --- */
> > > > struct qca8k_mdio_cache mdio_cache; /* 1704 6 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */
> > > >
> > > > struct qca8k_pcs pcs_port_0; /* 1712 32 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX last struct has 4 bytes of padding */
> > > >
> > > > /* --- cacheline 27 boundary (1728 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */
> > > > struct qca8k_pcs pcs_port_6; /* 1744 32 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX last struct has 4 bytes of padding */
> > > >
> > > > /* size: 1776, cachelines: 28, members: 22 */
> > > > /* sum members: 1763, holes: 4, sum holes: 13 */
> > > > /* paddings: 2, sum paddings: 8 */
> > > > /* last cacheline: 48 bytes */
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > After:
> > > >
> > > > struct qca8k_priv {
> > > > struct net_device * mgmt_master; /* 0 8 */
> > > > struct qca8k_mgmt_eth_data mgmt_eth_data; /* 8 280 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 4 boundary (256 bytes) was 32 bytes ago --- */
> > > > struct qca8k_mdio_cache mdio_cache; /* 288 6 */
> > > > u8 switch_id; /* 294 1 */
> > > > u8 switch_revision; /* 295 1 */
> > > > u8 mirror_rx; /* 296 1 */
> > > > u8 mirror_tx; /* 297 1 */
> > > > u8 lag_hash_mode; /* 298 1 */
> > > > bool legacy_phy_port_mapping; /* 299 1 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> > > >
> > > > struct qca8k_ports_config ports_config; /* 304 72 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 5 boundary (320 bytes) was 56 bytes ago --- */
> > > > struct regmap * regmap; /* 376 8 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 6 boundary (384 bytes) --- */
> > > > struct mii_bus * bus; /* 384 8 */
> > > > struct ar8xxx_port_status port_sts[7]; /* 392 28 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
> > > >
> > > > struct dsa_switch * ds; /* 424 8 */
> > > > struct mutex reg_mutex; /* 432 160 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 9 boundary (576 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */
> > > > struct device * dev; /* 592 8 */
> > > > struct gpio_desc * reset_gpio; /* 600 8 */
> > > > struct dsa_switch_ops ops; /* 608 864 */
> > > > /* --- cacheline 23 boundary (1472 bytes) --- */
> > > > struct qca8k_mib_eth_data mib_eth_data; /* 1472 280 */
> > > >
> > > > /* XXX last struct has 4 bytes of padding */
> > > >
> > > > /* --- cacheline 27 boundary (1728 bytes) was 24 bytes ago --- */
> > > > unsigned int port_mtu[7]; /* 1752 28 */
> > > >
> > > > /* size: 1784, cachelines: 28, members: 20 */
> > > > /* sum members: 1772, holes: 2, sum holes: 8 */
> > > > /* padding: 4 */
> > > > /* paddings: 1, sum paddings: 4 */
> > > > /* last cacheline: 56 bytes */
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > 1776 vs 1784. That's... larger?!
> > > >
> > > > Also, struct qca8k_priv is so large because the "ops" member is a full
> > > > copy of qca8k_switch_ops. I understand why commit db460c54b67f ("net:
> > > > dsa: qca8k: extend slave-bus implementations") did this, but I wonder,
> > > > is there no better way?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Actually from what I can see the struct can be improved in 2 way...
> > > The ancient struct
> > > ar8xxx_port_status port_sts[QCA8K_NUM_PORTS];
> > > can be totally dropped as I can't see why we still need it.
> > >
> > > The duplicated ops is funny. I could be very confused but why it's done
> > > like that? Can't we modify directly the already defined one and drop
> > > struct dsa_switch_ops ops; from qca8k_priv?
> >
> > Simply put, qca8k_switch_ops is per kernel, priv->ops is per driver
> > instance.
> >
>
> Right I totally missed that.
>
> > > I mean is all of that to use priv->ops.phy_read instead of
> > > priv->ds->ops.phy_read or even qca8k_switch_ops directly? o.o
> > >
> > > Am I missing something?
> >
> > The thing is that qca8k_setup_mdio_bus() wants DSA to use the
> > legacy_phy_port_mapping only as a fallback. DSA uses this simplistic
> > condition:
> >
> > dsa_switch_setup():
> > if (!ds->slave_mii_bus && ds->ops->phy_read) {
> > ds->slave_mii_bus = mdiobus_alloc();
> >
> > You might be tempted to say: hey, qca8k_mdio_register() populates
> > ds->slave_mii_bus to an MDIO bus allocated by itself. So you'd be able
> > to prune the mdiobus_alloc() because the first part of the condition is
> > false.
> >
> > But dsa_switch_teardown() has:
> >
> > if (ds->slave_mii_bus && ds->ops->phy_read) {
> > mdiobus_unregister(ds->slave_mii_bus);
> >
> > In other words, dsa_switch_teardown() has lost track of who allocated
> > the MDIO bus - it assumes that the DSA core has. That will conflict with
> > qca8k which uses devres, so it would result in double free.
> >
> > So that's basically what the problem is. The qca8k driver needs to have
> > a NULL ds->ops->phy_read if it doesn't use the legacy_phy_port_mapping,
> > so it won't confuse the DSA core.
> >
> > Please note that I'm not really too familiar with this part of the DSA
> > core since I don't have any hardware that makes any use of ds->slave_mii_bus.
> >
>
> Ok now I see the problem. Thx for the good explaination. I wonder...
> Should I use the easy path and just drop phy_read/write? Qca8k already
> allocate a dedicated mdio for the same task... Should I just add some
> check and make the dedicated mdio register without the OF API when it's
> in legacy mode?
>
> I think that at times the idea of that patch was to try to use as much
> as possible generic dsa ops but if that would result in having the big
> ops duplicated for every switch that doesn't seems that optmizied.
>
> An alternative would be adding an additional flag to dsa to control how
> DSA should handle slave_mii_bus. But I assume a solution like that would
> be directly NACK as it's just an hack for a driver to save some space.
>
> Or now that I think about it generilize all of this and add some API to
> DSA to register an mdiobus with an mdio node if provided. Or even
> provide some way to make the driver decide what to do... Some type of
> configuration? Is it overkill or other driver would benefit from this?
> Do we have other driver that declare a custom mdiobus instead of using
> phy_read/write?
>

I just checked we have 4 driver that implement custom mdiobus using an
of node and would benefit from this... Still don't know if it would be a
good solution.

> > > > > drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c | 8 ++++----
> > > > > drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.h | 33 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
> > > > > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
> > > > > index ee0dbf324268..8d059da5f0ca 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
> > > > > @@ -1685,11 +1685,11 @@ qca8k_phylink_mac_select_pcs(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
> > > > > case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX:
> > > > > switch (port) {
> > > > > case 0:
> > > > > - pcs = &priv->pcs_port_0.pcs;
> > > > > + pcs = &priv->ports_config.qpcs[QCA8K_CPU_PORT0].pcs;
> > > > > break;
> > > > >
> > > > > case 6:
> > > > > - pcs = &priv->pcs_port_6.pcs;
> > > > > + pcs = &priv->ports_config.qpcs[QCA8K_CPU_PORT6].pcs;
> > > > > break;
> > > > > }
> > > > > break;
> > > > > @@ -2889,8 +2889,8 @@ qca8k_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
> > > > > if (ret)
> > > > > return ret;
> > > > >
> > > > > - qca8k_setup_pcs(priv, &priv->pcs_port_0, 0);
> > > > > - qca8k_setup_pcs(priv, &priv->pcs_port_6, 6);
> > > > > + qca8k_setup_pcs(priv, &priv->ports_config.qpcs[QCA8K_CPU_PORT0], 0);
> > > > > + qca8k_setup_pcs(priv, &priv->ports_config.qpcs[QCA8K_CPU_PORT6], 6);
> > > > >
> > > > > /* Make sure MAC06 is disabled */
> > > > > ret = regmap_clear_bits(priv->regmap, QCA8K_REG_PORT0_PAD_CTRL,
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.h b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.h
> > > > > index f375627174c8..611dc2335dbe 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.h
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.h
> > > > > @@ -341,18 +341,24 @@ enum {
> > > > >
> > > > > struct qca8k_mgmt_eth_data {
> > > > > struct completion rw_done;
> > > > > - struct mutex mutex; /* Enforce one mdio read/write at time */
> > > > > + u32 data[4];
> > > > > bool ack;
> > > > > u32 seq;
> > > > > - u32 data[4];
> > > > > + struct mutex mutex; /* Enforce one mdio read/write at time */
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > struct qca8k_mib_eth_data {
> > > > > struct completion rw_done;
> > > > > + u64 *data; /* pointer to ethtool data */
> > > > > + u8 req_port;
> > > > > struct mutex mutex; /* Process one command at time */
> > > > > refcount_t port_parsed; /* Counter to track parsed port */
> > > > > - u8 req_port;
> > > > > - u64 *data; /* pointer to ethtool data */
> > > > > +};
> > > > > +
> > > > > +struct qca8k_pcs {
> > > > > + struct phylink_pcs pcs;
> > > > > + struct qca8k_priv *priv;
> > > > > + int port;
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > struct qca8k_ports_config {
> > > > > @@ -361,6 +367,7 @@ struct qca8k_ports_config {
> > > > > bool sgmii_enable_pll;
> > > > > u8 rgmii_rx_delay[QCA8K_NUM_CPU_PORTS]; /* 0: CPU port0, 1: CPU port6 */
> > > > > u8 rgmii_tx_delay[QCA8K_NUM_CPU_PORTS]; /* 0: CPU port0, 1: CPU port6 */
> > > > > + struct qca8k_pcs qpcs[QCA8K_NUM_CPU_PORTS];
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > struct qca8k_mdio_cache {
> > > > > @@ -376,13 +383,10 @@ struct qca8k_mdio_cache {
> > > > > u16 hi;
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > -struct qca8k_pcs {
> > > > > - struct phylink_pcs pcs;
> > > > > - struct qca8k_priv *priv;
> > > > > - int port;
> > > > > -};
> > > > > -
> > > > > struct qca8k_priv {
> > > > > + struct net_device *mgmt_master; /* Track if mdio/mib Ethernet is available */
> > > > > + struct qca8k_mgmt_eth_data mgmt_eth_data;
> > > > > + struct qca8k_mdio_cache mdio_cache;
> > > > > u8 switch_id;
> > > > > u8 switch_revision;
> > > > > u8 mirror_rx;
> > > > > @@ -396,15 +400,10 @@ struct qca8k_priv {
> > > > > struct dsa_switch *ds;
> > > > > struct mutex reg_mutex;
> > > > > struct device *dev;
> > > > > - struct dsa_switch_ops ops;
> > > > > struct gpio_desc *reset_gpio;
> > > > > - unsigned int port_mtu[QCA8K_NUM_PORTS];
> > > > > - struct net_device *mgmt_master; /* Track if mdio/mib Ethernet is available */
> > > > > - struct qca8k_mgmt_eth_data mgmt_eth_data;
> > > > > + struct dsa_switch_ops ops;
> > > > > struct qca8k_mib_eth_data mib_eth_data;
> > > > > - struct qca8k_mdio_cache mdio_cache;
> > > > > - struct qca8k_pcs pcs_port_0;
> > > > > - struct qca8k_pcs pcs_port_6;
> > > > > + unsigned int port_mtu[QCA8K_NUM_PORTS];
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > struct qca8k_mib_desc {
> > > > > --
> > > > > 2.34.1
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ansuel
>
> --
> Ansuel

--
Ansuel

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2022-03-21 19:05    [W:0.076 / U:0.612 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site