linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] media: videobuf2: Fix dmabuf cache sync/flush in dma-contig

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Message-ID: <CAAFQd5A70T2iaN17X2Jfk_6fCKRYZdKpreb+9i76n5WMYNEt1A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:00:03 +0900
From: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>
To: Mikhail Rudenko <mike.rudenko@...il.com>
Cc: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@...fresne.ca>, Dafna Hirschfeld <dafna@...tmail.com>, 
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>, 
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>, 
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>, 
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] media: videobuf2: Fix dmabuf cache sync/flush in dma-contig

On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM Mikhail Rudenko <mike.rudenko@...il.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Nicolas, Tomasz,
>
> On 2025-03-03 at 10:24 -05, Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@...fresne.ca> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mikhail,
> >
> > Le lundi 03 mars 2025 à 14:40 +0300, Mikhail Rudenko a écrit :
> >> When support for V4L2_FLAG_MEMORY_NON_CONSISTENT was removed in
> >> commit 129134e5415d ("media: media/v4l2: remove
> >> V4L2_FLAG_MEMORY_NON_CONSISTENT flag"),
> >> vb2_dc_dmabuf_ops_{begin,end}_cpu_access() functions were made
> >> no-ops. Later, when support for V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT was
> >> introduced in commit c0acf9cfeee0 ("media: videobuf2: handle
> >> V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT flag"), the above functions remained
> >> no-ops, making cache maintenance for non-coherent dmabufs allocated
> >> by
> >> dma-contig impossible.
> >>
> >> Fix this by reintroducing dma_sync_sgtable_for_{cpu,device} and
> >> {flush,invalidate}_kernel_vmap_range calls to
> >> vb2_dc_dmabuf_ops_{begin,end}_cpu_access() functions for non-coherent
> >> buffers.
> >>
> >> Fixes: c0acf9cfeee0 ("media: videobuf2: handle
> >> V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT flag")
> >> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> >> Signed-off-by: Mikhail Rudenko <mike.rudenko@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >>  .../media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-dma-contig.c  | 22
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-dma-contig.c
> >> b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-dma-contig.c
> >> index
> >> a13ec569c82f6da2d977222b94af32e74c6c6c82..d41095fe5bd21faf815d6b035d7
> >> bc888a84a95d5 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-dma-contig.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-dma-contig.c
> >> @@ -427,6 +427,17 @@ static int
> >>  vb2_dc_dmabuf_ops_begin_cpu_access(struct dma_buf *dbuf,
> >>                                 enum dma_data_direction
> >> direction)
> >>  {
> >> +    struct vb2_dc_buf *buf = dbuf->priv;
> >> +    struct sg_table *sgt = buf->dma_sgt;
> >> +
> >> +    if (!buf->non_coherent_mem)
> >> +            return 0;
> >> +
> >> +    if (buf->vaddr)
> >> +            invalidate_kernel_vmap_range(buf->vaddr, buf->size);
> >
> > What would make me a lot more confortable with this change is if you
> > enable kernel mappings for one test. This will ensure you cover the
> > call to "invalidate" in your testing. I'd like to know about the
> > performance impact. With this implementation it should be identical to
> > the VB2 one.
> >
>
> I have re-run my tests on RK3399, with 1280x720 XRGB capture buffers (1
> plane, 3686400 bytes). Capture process was pinned to "big" cores running
> at fixed frequency of 1.8 GHz. Libcamera was modified to request buffers
> with V4L2_MEMORY_FLAG_NON_COHERENT flag. DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC ioctls were
> used as appropriate. For kernel mapping effect test, vb2_plane_vaddr
> call was inserted into rkisp1_vb2_buf_init.
>
> The timings are as following:
>
> - memcpy coherent buffer: 7570 +/- 63 us
> - memcpy non-coherent buffer: 1120 +/- 34 us
>
> without kernel mapping:
>
> - ioctl(fd, DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC, {DMA_BUF_SYNC_START|DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ}): 428 +/- 15 us
> - ioctl(fd, DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC, {DMA_BUF_SYNC_END|DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ}): 422 +/- 28 us
>
> with kernel mapping:
>
> - ioctl(fd, DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC, {DMA_BUF_SYNC_START|DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ}): 526 +/- 13 us
> - ioctl(fd, DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC, {DMA_BUF_SYNC_END|DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ}): 519 +/- 38 us
>
> So, even with kernel mapping enabled, speedup is 7570 / (1120 + 526 + 519) = 3.5,
> and the use of noncoherent buffers is justified -- at least on this platform.

Thanks a lot for the additional testing.

Acked-by: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>

Best regards,
Tomasz