Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] scsi: ufshpb: Make host mode parameters configurable

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 10:30:07AM +0200, Avri Altman wrote:
> We can make use of this commit, to elaborate some more of the host
> control mode logic, explaining what role play each and every variable:
> 
>  - activation_thld - In host control mode, reads are the major source of
>     activation trials.  once this threshold hs met, the region is added
>     to the "to-be-activated" list.  Since we reset the read counter upon
>     write, this include sending a rb command updating the region ppn as
>     well.
> 
> - normalization_factor - We think of the regions as "buckets".  Those
>     buckets are being filled with reads, and emptied on write.  We use
>     entries_per_srgn - the amount of blocks in a subregion as our bucket
>     size.  This applies because HPB1.0 only concern a single-block
>     reads.  Once the bucket size is crossed, we trigger a normalization
>     work - not only to avoid overflow, but mainly because we want to
>     keep those counters normalized, as we are using those reads as a
>     comparative score, to make various decisions. The normalization is
>     dividing (shift right) the read counter by the normalization_factor.
>     If during consecutive normalizations an active region has exhaust
>     its reads - inactivate it.
> 
> - eviction_thld_enter - Region deactivation is often due to the fact
>     that eviction took place: a region become active on the expense of
>     another. This is happening when the max-active-regions limit has
>     crossed. In host mode, eviction is considered an extreme measure.
>     We want to verify that the entering region has enough reads, and the
>     exiting region has much less reads.  eviction_thld_enter is the min
>     reads that a region must have in order to be considered as a
>     candidate to evict other region.
> 
> - eviction_thld_exit - same as above for the exiting region.  A region
>     is consider to be a candidate to be evicted, only if it has less
>     reads than eviction_thld_exit.
> 
>  - read_timeout_ms - In order not to hang on to “cold” regions, we
>     shall inactivate a region that has no READ access for a predefined
>     amount of time - read_timeout_ms. If read_timeout_ms has expired,
>     and the region is dirty - it is less likely that we can make any
>     use of HPB-READing it.  So we inactivate it.  Still, deactivation
>     has its overhead, and we may still benefit from HPB-READing this
>     region if it is clean - see read_timeout_expiries.
> 
> - read_timeout_expiries - if the region read timeout has expired, but
>     the region is clean, just re-wind its timer for another spin.  Do
>     that as long as it is clean and did not exhaust its
>     read_timeout_expiries threshold.
> 
> - timeout_polling_interval_ms - the frequency in which the delayed
>     worker that checks the read_timeouts is awaken.

You create new sysfs files, but fail to document them in
Documentation/ABI/ which is where the above information needs to go :(

thanks,

greg k-h