Re: [PATCH 1/1] rpmsg: virtio: Make buffer size and number configurable

[Tanmay Shah]

Hello,

Thanks for your patch.

Instead of having this in Kconfig, It's better to have buffer size decided dynamically. Probably by resource-table.

We still need implementation that achieves that goal. Meanwhile  I think it's best to keep buffer size fixed.

Thanks.

On 9/28/23 10:38 AM, Divin Raj wrote:

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> From: Peter Hoyes <Peter.Hoyes@xxxxxxx>
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> Replace the MAX_RPMSG_BUF_SIZE and MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS #define in
> virtio_rpmsg_bus.c with the Kconfig parameters CONFIG_RPMSG_VIRTIO_BUF_SIZE
> and CONFIG_RPMSG_VIRTIO_MAX_NUM_BUFS, allowing user-provided customization.
>
> Making both the number of buffers and size configurable facilitates aligning
> memory requirements between vdev-buffer and vdev-vrings for client drivers
> that require larger buffer sizes, for example.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hoyes <Peter.Hoyes@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Divin Raj <divin.raj@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig            | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 27 +++------------------------
>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
> index d3795860f5c0..677f4a1ac8bb 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
> @@ -81,4 +81,27 @@ config RPMSG_VIRTIO
>         select RPMSG_NS
>         select VIRTIO
>
> +config RPMSG_VIRTIO_MAX_BUF_SIZE
> +       int "Virtio RPMSG max buffer size (in bytes)"
> +       default 512
> +       depends on RPMSG_VIRTIO
> +       help
> +         This option allows you to configure the maximum buffer size (in bytes)
> +         for Virtio RPMSG communications. The number of buffers will be computed
> +         based on the number of buffers (CONFIG_RPMSG_VIRTIO_MAX_NUM_BUFS)
> +         supported by the vring. By default, it supports up to a maximum of 512
> +         buffers (256 in each direction). Each buffer consists of 16 bytes for the
> +         message header and the remaining bytes for the payload.The default values
> +         will utilize a maximum total space of 256KB for the buffers.
> +
> +config RPMSG_VIRTIO_MAX_NUM_BUFS
> +       int "Virtio RPMSG max buffer count (even number for TX and Rx)"
> +       default 512
> +       depends on RPMSG_VIRTIO
> +       help
> +         This option allows you to configure the maximum number of buffers used
> +         for Virtio RPMSG communication. By default, it supports up to a maximum
> +         of 512 buffers (256 in each direction). Please note that this value
> +         should be an even number, as it accounts for both transmit (TX) and
> +         receive (Rx) buffers.
>  endmenu
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> index 905ac7910c98..87a9a4fa30e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> @@ -109,27 +109,6 @@ 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,
> @@ -902,12 +881,12 @@ static int rpmsg_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>                 virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->svq));
>
>         /* we need less buffers if vrings are small */
> -       if (virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->rvq) < MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS / 2)
> +       if (virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->rvq) < CONFIG_RPMSG_VIRTIO_MAX_NUM_BUFS / 2)
>                 vrp->num_bufs = virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->rvq) * 2;
>         else
> -               vrp->num_bufs = MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS;
> +               vrp->num_bufs = CONFIG_RPMSG_VIRTIO_MAX_NUM_BUFS;
>
> -       vrp->buf_size = MAX_RPMSG_BUF_SIZE;
> +       vrp->buf_size = CONFIG_RPMSG_VIRTIO_MAX_BUF_SIZE;
>
>         total_buf_space = vrp->num_bufs * vrp->buf_size;
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>