Re: [PATCHv4 11/12] dmapool: link blocks across pages

From: Bryan O'Donoghue
Date: Wed Feb 01 2023 - 12:42:21 EST


On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:55 PM Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The allocated dmapool pages are never freed for the lifetime of the
> pool. There is no need for the two level list+stack lookup for finding a
> free block since nothing is ever removed from the list. Just use a
> simple stack, reducing time complexity to constant.
>
> The implementation inserts the stack linking elements and the dma handle
> of the block within itself when freed. This means the smallest possible
> dmapool block is increased to at most 16 bytes to accomodate these
> fields, but there are no exisiting users requesting a dma pool smaller
> than that anyway.
>
> Removing the list has a significant change in performance. Using the
> kernel's micro-benchmarking self test:
>
> Before:
>
> # modprobe dmapool_test
> dmapool test: size:16 blocks:8192 time:57282
> dmapool test: size:64 blocks:8192 time:172562
> dmapool test: size:256 blocks:8192 time:789247
> dmapool test: size:1024 blocks:2048 time:371823
> dmapool test: size:4096 blocks:1024 time:362237
>
> After:
>
> # modprobe dmapool_test
> dmapool test: size:16 blocks:8192 time:24997
> dmapool test: size:64 blocks:8192 time:26584
> dmapool test: size:256 blocks:8192 time:33542
> dmapool test: size:1024 blocks:2048 time:9022
> dmapool test: size:4096 blocks:1024 time:6045
>
> The module test allocates quite a few blocks that may not accurately
> represent how these pools are used in real life. For a more marco level
> benchmark, running fio high-depth + high-batched on nvme, this patch
> shows submission and completion latency reduced by ~100usec each, 1%
> IOPs improvement, and perf record's time spent in dma_pool_alloc/free
> were reduced by half.
>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx>

So.

Somehow this commit has broken USB device mode for me with the
Chipidea IP on msm8916 and msm8939.

Bisecting down I find this is the inflection point

commit ced6d06a81fb69e2f625b0c4b272b687a3789faa (HEAD -> usb-test-delete)
Author: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jan 26 13:51:24 2023 -0800

Host side sees
[128418.779220] usb 5-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=18d1,
idProduct=d00d, bcdDevice= 1.00
[128418.779225] usb 5-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=3
[128418.779227] usb 5-1.3: Product: Android
[128418.779228] usb 5-1.3: Manufacturer: Google
[128418.779229] usb 5-1.3: SerialNumber: 1628e0d7
[128432.387235] usb 5-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 88
[128510.296291] usb 5-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 89 using xhci_hcd
[128525.812946] usb 5-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[128541.382920] usb 5-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110

The commit immediately prior is fine

commit c1e5fc194960aa3d3daa4f102a29e962f25a64d1
Author: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jan 26 13:51:23 2023 -0800

dmapool: don't memset on free twice

[128750.414739] usb 5-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=18d1,
idProduct=d00d, bcdDevice= 1.00
[128750.414745] usb 5-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=3
[128750.414746] usb 5-1.3: Product: Android
[128750.414747] usb 5-1.3: Manufacturer: Google
[128750.414748] usb 5-1.3: SerialNumber: 1628e0d7
[128764.035758] usb 5-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 91
[128788.305767] usb 5-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 92 using xhci_hcd
[128788.406795] usb 5-1.3: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
[128788.427793] usb 5-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0525,
idProduct=a4a2, bcdDevice= 6.02
[128788.427798] usb 5-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=0
[128788.427799] usb 5-1.3: Product: RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget
[128788.427801] usb 5-1.3: Manufacturer: Linux
6.2.0-rc4-00517-gc1e5fc194960-dirty with ci_hdrc_msm
[128788.490939] cdc_ether 5-1.3:1.0 usb0: register 'cdc_ether' at
usb-0000:31:00.3-1.3, CDC Ethernet Device, 36:0e:12:58:48:ec

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