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Message-ID: <6dca1536-654a-fe94-7e55-8088e0457cf2@mellanox.com> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 00:09:02 +0300 From: Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com> To: "Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org> Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>, Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@...ium.com>, Ganesh Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>, "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, "everest-linux-l2@...ium.com" <everest-linux-l2@...ium.com>, "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/14] PCI: Add pcie_print_link_status() to log link speed and whether it's limited On 4/2/2018 11:25 PM, Keller, Jacob E wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:helgaas@...nel.org] >> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 12:58 PM >> To: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@...el.com> >> Cc: Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com>; Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>; Ariel >> Elior <ariel.elior@...ium.com>; Ganesh Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>; >> Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>; everest-linux-l2@...ium.com; >> intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux- >> kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-pci@...r.kernel.org >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/14] PCI: Add pcie_print_link_status() to log link speed >> and whether it's limited >> >> On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 04:25:17PM +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote: >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:helgaas@...nel.org] >>>> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 2:05 PM >>>> To: Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com> >>>> Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>; Keller, Jacob E >>>> <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>; Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@...ium.com>; Ganesh >>>> Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>; Kirsher, Jeffrey T >>>> <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>; everest-linux-l2@...ium.com; intel-wired- >>>> lan@...ts.osuosl.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; >>>> linux-pci@...r.kernel.org >>>> Subject: [PATCH v5 05/14] PCI: Add pcie_print_link_status() to log link speed >> and >>>> whether it's limited >>>> >>>> From: Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com> >>>> >>>> Add pcie_print_link_status(). This logs the current settings of the link >>>> (speed, width, and total available bandwidth). >>>> >>>> If the device is capable of more bandwidth but is limited by a slower >>>> upstream link, we include information about the link that limits the >>>> device's performance. >>>> >>>> The user may be able to move the device to a different slot for better >>>> performance. >>>> >>>> This provides a unified method for all PCI devices to report status and >>>> issues, instead of each device reporting in a different way, using >>>> different code. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com> >>>> [bhelgaas: changelog, reword log messages, print device capabilities when >>>> not limited] >>>> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com> >>>> --- >>>> drivers/pci/pci.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> include/linux/pci.h | 1 + >>>> 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c >>>> index e00d56b12747..cec7aed09f6b 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/pci/pci.c >>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c >>>> @@ -5283,6 +5283,35 @@ u32 pcie_bandwidth_capable(struct pci_dev *dev, >>>> enum pci_bus_speed *speed, >>>> return *width * PCIE_SPEED2MBS_ENC(*speed); >>>> } >>>> >>>> +/** >>>> + * pcie_print_link_status - Report the PCI device's link speed and width >>>> + * @dev: PCI device to query >>>> + * >>>> + * Report the available bandwidth at the device. If this is less than the >>>> + * device is capable of, report the device's maximum possible bandwidth and >>>> + * the upstream link that limits its performance to less than that. >>>> + */ >>>> +void pcie_print_link_status(struct pci_dev *dev) >>>> +{ >>>> + enum pcie_link_width width, width_cap; >>>> + enum pci_bus_speed speed, speed_cap; >>>> + struct pci_dev *limiting_dev = NULL; >>>> + u32 bw_avail, bw_cap; >>>> + >>>> + bw_cap = pcie_bandwidth_capable(dev, &speed_cap, &width_cap); >>>> + bw_avail = pcie_bandwidth_available(dev, &limiting_dev, &speed, >>>> &width); >>>> + >>>> + if (bw_avail >= bw_cap) >>>> + pci_info(dev, "%d Mb/s available bandwidth (%s x%d link)\n", >>>> + bw_cap, PCIE_SPEED2STR(speed_cap), width_cap); >>>> + else >>>> + pci_info(dev, "%d Mb/s available bandwidth, limited by %s x%d >>>> link at %s (capable of %d Mb/s with %s x%d link)\n", >>>> + bw_avail, PCIE_SPEED2STR(speed), width, >>>> + limiting_dev ? pci_name(limiting_dev) : "<unknown>", >>>> + bw_cap, PCIE_SPEED2STR(speed_cap), width_cap); >>>> +} >>> >>> Personally, I would make thic last one a pci_warn() to indicate it at a >>> higher log level, but I'm ok with the wording, and if consensus is that >>> this should be at info, I'm ok with that. >> >> Tal's original patch did have a pci_warn() here, and we went back and >> forth a bit. They get bug reports when a device doesn't perform as >> expected, which argues for pci_warn(). But they also got feedback >> saying warnings are a bit too much, which argues for pci_info() [1] >> >> I don't have a really strong opinion either way. I have a slight >> preference for info because the user may not be able to do anything >> about it (there may not be a faster slot available), and I think >> distros are usually configured so a warning interrupts the smooth >> graphical boot. >> >> It looks like mlx4, fm10k, and ixgbe currently use warnings, while >> bnx2x, bnxt_en, and cxgb4 use info. It's a tie so far :) >> >> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e47f3628-b56c-4d0a-f18b- >> 5ffaf261ccc0@...lanox.com >> > > With that information, I'm fine with the proposal to display this as only an info. The message is still printed and can be used for debugging purposes, and I think that's really enough. > >> Here's a proposal for printing the bandwidth as "x.xxx Gb/s": > > Nice, I like that also. > > Regards, > Jake > Same here for both.
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