[PATCH] rpmsg: char: Use preallocated SKBs.

From: Piotr Wojtaszczyk
Date: Tue Dec 06 2022 - 03:50:46 EST


On a message reception copy the message to a SKB taken from preallocated
pool instead of allocating a new SKB each time.
During high rpmsg traffic this reduces consumed CPU time noticeably.

Signed-off-by: Piotr Wojtaszczyk <piotr.wojtaszczyk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h | 21 ++++++++++++
drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 21 ------------
3 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
index ac50ed757765..76546ba72cdc 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
@@ -75,9 +75,44 @@ struct rpmsg_eptdev {

spinlock_t queue_lock;
struct sk_buff_head queue;
+ struct sk_buff_head skb_pool;
wait_queue_head_t readq;
};

+static inline
+struct sk_buff *rpmsg_eptdev_get_skb(struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ skb = skb_dequeue(&eptdev->skb_pool);
+ if (!skb)
+ skb = alloc_skb(MAX_RPMSG_BUF_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ return skb;
+}
+
+static inline
+void rpmsg_eptdev_put_skb(struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ /* Recycle the skb */
+ skb->tail = 0;
+ skb->len = 0;
+ skb_queue_head(&eptdev->skb_pool, skb);
+}
+
+static void rpmsg_eptdev_free_all_skb(struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ while (!skb_queue_empty(&eptdev->queue)) {
+ skb = skb_dequeue(&eptdev->queue);
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ }
+ while (!skb_queue_empty(&eptdev->skb_pool)) {
+ skb = skb_dequeue(&eptdev->skb_pool);
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ }
+}
+
static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
{
struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = dev_to_eptdev(dev);
@@ -104,7 +139,7 @@ static int rpmsg_ept_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *buf, int len,
struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = priv;
struct sk_buff *skb;

- skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ skb = rpmsg_eptdev_get_skb(eptdev);
if (!skb)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -126,6 +161,18 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;
struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = eptdev->rpdev;
struct device *dev = &eptdev->dev;
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+ int i;
+
+ /* Preallocate 8 SKBs */
+ for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+ skb = rpmsg_eptdev_get_skb(eptdev);
+ if (!skb) {
+ rpmsg_eptdev_free_all_skb(eptdev);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ rpmsg_eptdev_put_skb(eptdev, skb);
+ }

get_device(dev);

@@ -146,7 +193,6 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = cdev_to_eptdev(inode->i_cdev);
struct device *dev = &eptdev->dev;
- struct sk_buff *skb;

/* Close the endpoint, if it's not already destroyed by the parent */
mutex_lock(&eptdev->ept_lock);
@@ -157,10 +203,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
mutex_unlock(&eptdev->ept_lock);

/* Discard all SKBs */
- while (!skb_queue_empty(&eptdev->queue)) {
- skb = skb_dequeue(&eptdev->queue);
- kfree_skb(skb);
- }
+ rpmsg_eptdev_free_all_skb(eptdev);

put_device(dev);

@@ -209,7 +252,7 @@ static ssize_t rpmsg_eptdev_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
if (copy_to_iter(skb->data, use, to) != use)
use = -EFAULT;

- kfree_skb(skb);
+ rpmsg_eptdev_put_skb(eptdev, skb);

return use;
}
@@ -358,6 +401,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
mutex_init(&eptdev->ept_lock);
spin_lock_init(&eptdev->queue_lock);
skb_queue_head_init(&eptdev->queue);
+ skb_queue_head_init(&eptdev->skb_pool);
init_waitqueue_head(&eptdev->readq);

device_initialize(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
index 3fc83cd50e98..5acaa54a277a 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
@@ -15,6 +15,27 @@
#include <linux/rpmsg.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>

+/*
+ * We're allocating buffers of 512 bytes each for communications. The
+ * number of buffers will be computed from the number of buffers supported
+ * by the vring, upto a maximum of 512 buffers (256 in each direction).
+ *
+ * Each buffer will have 16 bytes for the msg header and 496 bytes for
+ * the payload.
+ *
+ * This will utilize a maximum total space of 256KB for the buffers.
+ *
+ * We might also want to add support for user-provided buffers in time.
+ * This will allow bigger buffer size flexibility, and can also be used
+ * to achieve zero-copy messaging.
+ *
+ * Note that these numbers are purely a decision of this driver - we
+ * can change this without changing anything in the firmware of the remote
+ * processor.
+ */
+#define MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS (512)
+#define MAX_RPMSG_BUF_SIZE (512)
+
#define to_rpmsg_device(d) container_of(d, struct rpmsg_device, dev)
#define to_rpmsg_driver(d) container_of(d, struct rpmsg_driver, drv)

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index 3d9e442883e1..6552928a440d 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -133,27 +133,6 @@ struct virtio_rpmsg_channel {
#define to_virtio_rpmsg_channel(_rpdev) \
container_of(_rpdev, struct virtio_rpmsg_channel, rpdev)

-/*
- * We're allocating buffers of 512 bytes each for communications. The
- * number of buffers will be computed from the number of buffers supported
- * by the vring, upto a maximum of 512 buffers (256 in each direction).
- *
- * Each buffer will have 16 bytes for the msg header and 496 bytes for
- * the payload.
- *
- * This will utilize a maximum total space of 256KB for the buffers.
- *
- * We might also want to add support for user-provided buffers in time.
- * This will allow bigger buffer size flexibility, and can also be used
- * to achieve zero-copy messaging.
- *
- * Note that these numbers are purely a decision of this driver - we
- * can change this without changing anything in the firmware of the remote
- * processor.
- */
-#define MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS (512)
-#define MAX_RPMSG_BUF_SIZE (512)
-
/*
* Local addresses are dynamically allocated on-demand.
* We do not dynamically assign addresses from the low 1024 range,
--
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