Date:   Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:05:21 +0100
From:   Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>,
        Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...gle.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        "list@....net:IOMMU DRIVERS <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, Joerg
        Roedel <joro@...tes.org>," <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] media: uvcvideo: Use dma_alloc_noncontiguous API

Hi Christoph

While backporting the patch I realised of a bug.

On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 12:55 AM Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On architectures where there is no coherent caching such as ARM use the
> dma_alloc_noncontiguous API and handle manually the cache flushing using
> dma_sync_sgtable().
>
> If the architechture has coherent cache, the API falls back to
> alloc_dma_pages, so we can remove the coherent caching code-path from the
> driver, making it simpler.
>
> With this patch on the affected architectures we can measure up to 20x
> performance improvement in uvc_video_copy_data_work().
>
> Eg: aarch64 with an external usb camera
>
> NON_CONTIGUOUS
> frames:  999
> packets: 999
> empty:   0 (0 %)
> errors:  0
> invalid: 0
> pts: 0 early, 0 initial, 999 ok
> scr: 0 count ok, 0 diff ok
> sof: 2048 <= sof <= 0, freq 0.000 kHz
> bytes 67034480 : duration 33303
> FPS: 29.99
> URB: 523446/4993 uS/qty: 104.836 avg 132.532 std 13.230 min 831.094 max (uS)
> header: 76564/4993 uS/qty: 15.334 avg 15.229 std 3.438 min 186.875 max (uS)
> latency: 468945/4992 uS/qty: 93.939 avg 132.577 std 9.531 min 824.010 max (uS)
> decode: 54161/4993 uS/qty: 10.847 avg 6.313 std 1.614 min 111.458 max (uS)
> raw decode speed: 9.931 Gbits/s
> raw URB handling speed: 1.025 Gbits/s
> throughput: 16.102 Mbits/s
> URB decode CPU usage 0.162600 %
>
> COHERENT
> frames:  999
> packets: 999
> empty:   0 (0 %)
> errors:  0
> invalid: 0
> pts: 0 early, 0 initial, 999 ok
> scr: 0 count ok, 0 diff ok
> sof: 2048 <= sof <= 0, freq 0.000 kHz
> bytes 54683536 : duration 33302
> FPS: 29.99
> URB: 1478135/4000 uS/qty: 369.533 avg 390.357 std 22.968 min 3337.865 max (uS)
> header: 79761/4000 uS/qty: 19.940 avg 18.495 std 1.875 min 336.719 max (uS)
> latency: 281077/4000 uS/qty: 70.269 avg 83.102 std 5.104 min 735.000 max (uS)
> decode: 1197057/4000 uS/qty: 299.264 avg 318.080 std 1.615 min 2806.667 max (uS)
> raw decode speed: 365.470 Mbits/s
> raw URB handling speed: 295.986 Mbits/s
> throughput: 13.136 Mbits/s
> URB decode CPU usage 3.594500 %
>
> In non-affected architectures we see no significant impact.
>
> Eg: x86 with an external usb camera
>
> NON_CONTIGUOUS
> frames:  999
> packets: 999
> empty:   0 (0 %)
> errors:  0
> invalid: 0
> pts: 0 early, 0 initial, 999 ok
> scr: 0 count ok, 0 diff ok
> sof: 2048 <= sof <= 0, freq 0.000 kHz
> bytes 70179056 : duration 33301
> FPS: 29.99
> URB: 288901/4897 uS/qty: 58.995 avg 26.022 std 4.319 min 253.853 max (uS)
> header: 54792/4897 uS/qty: 11.189 avg 6.218 std 0.620 min 61.750 max (uS)
> latency: 236602/4897 uS/qty: 48.315 avg 24.244 std 1.764 min 240.924 max (uS)
> decode: 52298/4897 uS/qty: 10.679 avg 8.299 std 1.638 min 108.861 max (uS)
> raw decode speed: 10.796 Gbits/s
> raw URB handling speed: 1.949 Gbits/s
> throughput: 16.859 Mbits/s
> URB decode CPU usage 0.157000 %
>
> COHERENT
> frames:  999
> packets: 999
> empty:   0 (0 %)
> errors:  0
> invalid: 0
> pts: 0 early, 0 initial, 999 ok
> scr: 0 count ok, 0 diff ok
> sof: 2048 <= sof <= 0, freq 0.000 kHz
> bytes 71818320 : duration 33301
> FPS: 29.99
> URB: 321021/5000 uS/qty: 64.204 avg 23.001 std 10.430 min 268.837 max (uS)
> header: 54308/5000 uS/qty: 10.861 avg 5.104 std 0.778 min 54.736 max (uS)
> latency: 268799/5000 uS/qty: 53.759 avg 21.827 std 6.095 min 255.153 max (uS)
> decode: 52222/5000 uS/qty: 10.444 avg 7.137 std 1.874 min 71.103 max (uS)
> raw decode speed: 11.048 Gbits/s
> raw URB handling speed: 1.789 Gbits/s
> throughput: 17.253 Mbits/s
> URB decode CPU usage 0.156800 %
>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>
> Changelog from v3 (Thanks Laurent!):
>
> - Rename stream_dir and stream_to_dmadev to avoid collisions
> - Improve commit message
>
>  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h  |  5 +-
>  2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> index f2f565281e63..cdd8eb500bb7 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> @@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
>   *          Laurent Pinchart (laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com)
>   */
>
> +#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
> +#include <linux/highmem.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/list.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/usb.h>
> +#include <linux/usb/hcd.h>
>  #include <linux/videodev2.h>
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include <linux/wait.h>
> @@ -1096,6 +1099,29 @@ static int uvc_video_decode_start(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
>         return data[0];
>  }
>
> +static inline enum dma_data_direction uvc_stream_dir(
> +                               struct uvc_streaming *stream)
> +{
> +       if (stream->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE)
> +               return DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
> +       else
> +               return DMA_TO_DEVICE;
> +}
> +
> +static inline struct device *uvc_stream_to_dmadev(struct uvc_streaming *stream)
> +{
> +       return bus_to_hcd(stream->dev->udev->bus)->self.sysdev;
> +}
> +
> +static int uvc_submit_urb(struct uvc_urb *uvc_urb, gfp_t mem_flags)
> +{
> +       /* Sync DMA. */
> +       dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(uvc_stream_to_dmadev(uvc_urb->stream),
> +                                   uvc_urb->sgt,
> +                                   uvc_stream_dir(uvc_urb->stream));
> +       return usb_submit_urb(uvc_urb->urb, GFP_KERNEL);
> +}

We should have mem_flags instead of GFP_KERNEL here


Is it too late to fix it in your tree? Do I need to send a patch to fix it?

Sorry :(

Thanks!

> +
>  /*
>   * uvc_video_decode_data_work: Asynchronous memcpy processing
>   *
> @@ -1117,7 +1143,7 @@ static void uvc_video_copy_data_work(struct work_struct *work)
>                 uvc_queue_buffer_release(op->buf);
>         }
>
> -       ret = usb_submit_urb(uvc_urb->urb, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       ret = uvc_submit_urb(uvc_urb, GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (ret < 0)
>                 dev_err(&uvc_urb->stream->intf->dev,
>                         "Failed to resubmit video URB (%d).\n", ret);
> @@ -1537,6 +1563,12 @@ static void uvc_video_complete(struct urb *urb)
>         /* Re-initialise the URB async work. */
>         uvc_urb->async_operations = 0;
>
> +       /* Sync DMA and invalidate vmap range. */
> +       dma_sync_sgtable_for_cpu(uvc_stream_to_dmadev(uvc_urb->stream),
> +                                uvc_urb->sgt, uvc_stream_dir(stream));
> +       invalidate_kernel_vmap_range(uvc_urb->buffer,
> +                                    uvc_urb->stream->urb_size);
> +
>         /*
>          * Process the URB headers, and optionally queue expensive memcpy tasks
>          * to be deferred to a work queue.
> @@ -1545,7 +1577,7 @@ static void uvc_video_complete(struct urb *urb)
>
>         /* If no async work is needed, resubmit the URB immediately. */
>         if (!uvc_urb->async_operations) {
> -               ret = usb_submit_urb(uvc_urb->urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +               ret = uvc_submit_urb(uvc_urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
>                 if (ret < 0)
>                         dev_err(&stream->intf->dev,
>                                 "Failed to resubmit video URB (%d).\n", ret);
> @@ -1560,24 +1592,49 @@ static void uvc_video_complete(struct urb *urb)
>   */
>  static void uvc_free_urb_buffers(struct uvc_streaming *stream)
>  {
> +       struct device *dma_dev = uvc_stream_to_dmadev(stream);
>         struct uvc_urb *uvc_urb;
>
>         for_each_uvc_urb(uvc_urb, stream) {
>                 if (!uvc_urb->buffer)
>                         continue;
>
> -#ifndef CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT
> -               usb_free_coherent(stream->dev->udev, stream->urb_size,
> -                                 uvc_urb->buffer, uvc_urb->dma);
> -#else
> -               kfree(uvc_urb->buffer);
> -#endif
> +               dma_vunmap_noncontiguous(dma_dev, uvc_urb->buffer);
> +               dma_free_noncontiguous(dma_dev, stream->urb_size, uvc_urb->sgt,
> +                                      uvc_stream_dir(stream));
> +
>                 uvc_urb->buffer = NULL;
> +               uvc_urb->sgt = NULL;
>         }
>
>         stream->urb_size = 0;
>  }
>
> +static bool uvc_alloc_urb_buffer(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
> +                                struct uvc_urb *uvc_urb, gfp_t gfp_flags)
> +{
> +       struct device *dma_dev = uvc_stream_to_dmadev(stream);
> +
> +       uvc_urb->sgt = dma_alloc_noncontiguous(dma_dev, stream->urb_size,
> +                                              uvc_stream_dir(stream),
> +                                              gfp_flags, 0);
> +       if (!uvc_urb->sgt)
> +               return false;
> +       uvc_urb->dma = uvc_urb->sgt->sgl->dma_address;
> +
> +       uvc_urb->buffer = dma_vmap_noncontiguous(dma_dev, stream->urb_size,
> +                                                uvc_urb->sgt);
> +       if (!uvc_urb->buffer) {
> +               dma_free_noncontiguous(dma_dev, stream->urb_size,
> +                                      uvc_urb->sgt,
> +                                      uvc_stream_dir(stream));
> +               uvc_urb->sgt = NULL;
> +               return false;
> +       }
> +
> +       return true;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Allocate transfer buffers. This function can be called with buffers
>   * already allocated when resuming from suspend, in which case it will
> @@ -1608,19 +1665,12 @@ static int uvc_alloc_urb_buffers(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
>
>         /* Retry allocations until one succeed. */
>         for (; npackets > 1; npackets /= 2) {
> +               stream->urb_size = psize * npackets;
> +
>                 for (i = 0; i < UVC_URBS; ++i) {
>                         struct uvc_urb *uvc_urb = &stream->uvc_urb[i];
>
> -                       stream->urb_size = psize * npackets;
> -#ifndef CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT
> -                       uvc_urb->buffer = usb_alloc_coherent(
> -                               stream->dev->udev, stream->urb_size,
> -                               gfp_flags | __GFP_NOWARN, &uvc_urb->dma);
> -#else
> -                       uvc_urb->buffer =
> -                           kmalloc(stream->urb_size, gfp_flags | __GFP_NOWARN);
> -#endif
> -                       if (!uvc_urb->buffer) {
> +                       if (!uvc_alloc_urb_buffer(stream, uvc_urb, gfp_flags)) {
>                                 uvc_free_urb_buffers(stream);
>                                 break;
>                         }
> @@ -1730,12 +1780,8 @@ static int uvc_init_video_isoc(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
>                 urb->context = uvc_urb;
>                 urb->pipe = usb_rcvisocpipe(stream->dev->udev,
>                                 ep->desc.bEndpointAddress);
> -#ifndef CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT
>                 urb->transfer_flags = URB_ISO_ASAP | URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;
>                 urb->transfer_dma = uvc_urb->dma;
> -#else
> -               urb->transfer_flags = URB_ISO_ASAP;
> -#endif
>                 urb->interval = ep->desc.bInterval;
>                 urb->transfer_buffer = uvc_urb->buffer;
>                 urb->complete = uvc_video_complete;
> @@ -1795,10 +1841,8 @@ static int uvc_init_video_bulk(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
>
>                 usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, stream->dev->udev, pipe, uvc_urb->buffer,
>                                   size, uvc_video_complete, uvc_urb);
> -#ifndef CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT
>                 urb->transfer_flags = URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;
>                 urb->transfer_dma = uvc_urb->dma;
> -#endif
>
>                 uvc_urb->urb = urb;
>         }
> @@ -1895,7 +1939,7 @@ static int uvc_video_start_transfer(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
>
>         /* Submit the URBs. */
>         for_each_uvc_urb(uvc_urb, stream) {
> -               ret = usb_submit_urb(uvc_urb->urb, gfp_flags);
> +               ret = uvc_submit_urb(uvc_urb, gfp_flags);
>                 if (ret < 0) {
>                         dev_err(&stream->intf->dev,
>                                 "Failed to submit URB %u (%d).\n",
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
> index 97df5ecd66c9..cce5e38133cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvcvideo.h
> @@ -219,6 +219,7 @@
>   */
>
>  struct gpio_desc;
> +struct sg_table;
>  struct uvc_device;
>
>  /* TODO: Put the most frequently accessed fields at the beginning of
> @@ -545,7 +546,8 @@ struct uvc_copy_op {
>   * @urb: the URB described by this context structure
>   * @stream: UVC streaming context
>   * @buffer: memory storage for the URB
> - * @dma: DMA coherent addressing for the urb_buffer
> + * @dma: Allocated DMA handle
> + * @sgt: sgt_table with the urb locations in memory
>   * @async_operations: counter to indicate the number of copy operations
>   * @copy_operations: work descriptors for asynchronous copy operations
>   * @work: work queue entry for asynchronous decode
> @@ -556,6 +558,7 @@ struct uvc_urb {
>
>         char *buffer;
>         dma_addr_t dma;
> +       struct sg_table *sgt;
>
>         unsigned int async_operations;
>         struct uvc_copy_op copy_operations[UVC_MAX_PACKETS];
> --
> 2.31.0.rc2.261.g7f71774620-goog
>


-- 
Ricardo Ribalda

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