linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: gadget: u_serial: improve performance for large data

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Message-ID: <87tuz1vu0i.fsf@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 09:48:45 +0300
From:   Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>
To:     Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...iatek.com>,
        Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@...iatek.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>,
        Sergey Organov <sorganov@...il.com>,
        Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@...com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mediatek WSD Upstream <wsd_upstream@...iatek.com>,
        Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...iatek.com>,
        Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: gadget: u_serial: improve performance for large data


Hi,

Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...iatek.com> writes:

> If the hardware (like DMA engine) could support large usb request exceeds
> maximum packet size, use larger buffer when performing Rx/Tx could reduce
> request numbers and improve performance.
>
> Signed-off-by: Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...iatek.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c |    9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> index 3cfc6e2..cdcc070 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
> @@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
>  #define QUEUE_SIZE		16
>  #define WRITE_BUF_SIZE		8192		/* TX only */
>  #define GS_CONSOLE_BUF_SIZE	8192
> +/* for hardware can do more than max packet */
> +#define REQ_BUF_SIZE		4096
>  
>  /* console info */
>  struct gs_console {
> @@ -247,7 +249,8 @@ static int gs_start_tx(struct gs_port *port)
>  			break;
>  
>  		req = list_entry(pool->next, struct usb_request, list);
> -		len = gs_send_packet(port, req->buf, in->maxpacket);
> +		len = gs_send_packet(port, req->buf, in->can_exceed_maxp ?
> +				REQ_BUF_SIZE : in->maxpacket);

just do this unconditionally.

>  		if (len == 0) {
>  			wake_up_interruptible(&port->drain_wait);
>  			break;
> @@ -514,7 +517,9 @@ static int gs_alloc_requests(struct usb_ep *ep, struct list_head *head,
>  	 * be as speedy as we might otherwise be.
>  	 */
>  	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
> -		req = gs_alloc_req(ep, ep->maxpacket, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +		req = gs_alloc_req(ep, ep->can_exceed_maxp ?
> +					REQ_BUF_SIZE : ep->maxpacket,
> +					GFP_ATOMIC);

allocating 4kiB in atomic isn't very good. A better idea would be to
preallocate a list of requests and recycle them, rather than allocating
every time you need to do a transfer

-- 
balbi

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