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Message-ID: <e7612e81-dc44-7bc6-3bd2-0b71367408ec@huawei.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:21:47 +0800
From: Jason Yan <yanaijie@...wei.com>
To: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>, Yihang Li <liyihang9@...wei.com>,
<jejb@...ux.ibm.com>, <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
<john.g.garry@...cle.com>, <chenxiang66@...ilicon.com>
CC: <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
<linuxarm@...wei.com>, <prime.zeng@...wei.com>, <yangxingui@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: libsas: Add SMP request allocation handler callback
On 2024/3/25 22:03, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> On 3/25/24 22:17, Yihang Li wrote:
>> This series [1] reducing the kmalloc() minimum alignment on arm64 to 8
>> (from 128).
>
> And ? What is the point you are trying to convey here ?
>
>> The hisi_sas has special requirements on the memory address alignment
>> (must be 16-byte-aligned) of the command request frame, so add a SMP
>> request allocation callback and fill it in for the hisi_sas driver.
>
> 128 is aligned to 16. So what is the problem you are trying to solve here ?
> Can you clarify ? I suspect this is all about memory allocation optimization ?
After series [1] been merged, kmalloc is 8-byte-aligned, however
hisi_sas hardware needs 16-byte-aligned. That's the problem.
>
>>
>> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230612153201.554742-1-catalin.marinas@arm.com [1]
>> Signed-off-by: Yihang Li <liyihang9@...wei.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c | 14 ++++++++++++
>> drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++---------
>> include/scsi/libsas.h | 3 +++
>> 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
>> index 097dfe4b620d..40329558d435 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
>> @@ -2031,6 +2031,19 @@ static int hisi_sas_write_gpio(struct sas_ha_struct *sha, u8 reg_type,
>> reg_index, reg_count, write_data);
>> }
>>
>> +static void *hisi_sas_alloc_smp_req(int size)
>> +{
>> + u8 *p;
>> +
>> + /* The address must be 16-byte-aligned. */
>
> ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN is not always 16, right ?
>
>> + size = ALIGN(size, ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN);
>> + p = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (p)
>> + p[0] = SMP_REQUEST;
>> +
>> + return p;
>> +}
>> +
>> static void hisi_sas_phy_disconnected(struct hisi_sas_phy *phy)
>> {
>> struct asd_sas_phy *sas_phy = &phy->sas_phy;
>> @@ -2130,6 +2143,7 @@ static struct sas_domain_function_template hisi_sas_transport_ops = {
>> .lldd_write_gpio = hisi_sas_write_gpio,
>> .lldd_tmf_aborted = hisi_sas_tmf_aborted,
>> .lldd_abort_timeout = hisi_sas_internal_abort_timeout,
>> + .lldd_alloc_smp_req = hisi_sas_alloc_smp_req,
>
> Why this complexity ? Why not simply modify alloc_smp_req() to have the required
> alignment ? This will avoid a costly indirect function call.
Yeah, I think it's simpler to modify alloc_smp_req() directly too.
Yihang, Can you please cook a new one?
Thansk,
Jason
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