linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] iommu/iova: Manage the depot list size

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Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:25:42 -0700
From:   Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>
To:     "zhangzekun (A)" <zhangzekun11@...wei.com>
Cc:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, will@...nel.org,
        iommu@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        john.g.garry@...cle.com, joro@...tes.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] iommu/iova: Manage the depot list size

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 10:11:51PM +0800, zhangzekun (A) wrote:
> 
> 
> 在 2023/8/15 1:53, Robin Murphy 写道:
> > Automatically scaling the depot up to suit the peak capacity of a
> > workload is all well and good, but it would be nice to have a way to
> > scale it back down again if the workload changes. To that end, add
> > automatic reclaim that will gradually free unused magazines if the
> > depot size remains above a reasonable threshold for long enough.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/iommu/iova.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iova.c b/drivers/iommu/iova.c
> > index d2de6fb0e9f4..76a7d694708e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iommu/iova.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iommu/iova.c
> > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> >   #include <linux/smp.h>
> >   #include <linux/bitops.h>
> >   #include <linux/cpu.h>
> > +#include <linux/workqueue.h>
> >   /* The anchor node sits above the top of the usable address space */
> >   #define IOVA_ANCHOR	~0UL
> > @@ -626,6 +627,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(reserve_iova);
> >    */
> >   #define IOVA_MAG_SIZE 127
> > +#define IOVA_DEPOT_DELAY msecs_to_jiffies(100)
> > +
> >   struct iova_magazine {
> >   	/*
> >   	 * Only full magazines are inserted into the depot, so we can avoid
> > @@ -646,8 +649,11 @@ struct iova_cpu_rcache {
> >   struct iova_rcache {
> >   	spinlock_t lock;
> > +	unsigned int depot_size;
> >   	struct iova_magazine *depot;
> >   	struct iova_cpu_rcache __percpu *cpu_rcaches;
> > +	struct iova_domain *iovad;
> > +	struct delayed_work work;
> >   };
> >   static struct iova_magazine *iova_magazine_alloc(gfp_t flags)
> > @@ -728,6 +734,7 @@ static struct iova_magazine *iova_depot_pop(struct iova_rcache *rcache)
> >   	rcache->depot = mag->next;
> >   	mag->size = IOVA_MAG_SIZE;
> > +	rcache->depot_size--;
> >   	return mag;
> >   }
> > @@ -735,6 +742,24 @@ static void iova_depot_push(struct iova_rcache *rcache, struct iova_magazine *ma
> >   {
> >   	mag->next = rcache->depot;
> >   	rcache->depot = mag;
> > +	rcache->depot_size++;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void iova_depot_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
> > +{
> > +	struct iova_rcache *rcache = container_of(work, typeof(*rcache), work.work);
> > +	struct iova_magazine *mag = NULL;
> > +
> > +	spin_lock(&rcache->lock);
> > +	if (rcache->depot_size > num_online_cpus())
> > +		mag = iova_depot_pop(rcache);
> > +	spin_unlock(&rcache->lock);
> > +
> > +	if (mag) {
> > +		iova_magazine_free_pfns(mag, rcache->iovad);
> > +		iova_magazine_free(mag);
> > +		schedule_delayed_work(&rcache->work, msecs_to_jiffies(IOVA_DEPOT_DELAY));
> Hi, Robin,
> 
> I am a little confused why IOVA_DEPOT_DELAY need to be calculated twice in
> iova_depot_work_func(), as it already equals to "msecs_to_jiffies(100)".

I think it was a typo, and is meant to be IOVA_DEPOT_DELAY like it is in
__iova_rcache_insert.

Regards,
Jerry

> Besides, do we really need to invoke a delayed_work in
> iova_depot_work_func()? As each time we put a iova magazine to depot, a
> delayed_work will be invoked which is reponsible to free a iova magazine in
> depot if the depot size is greater than num_online_cpus().
> 
> Thanks,
> Zekun