linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: CPS: Optimise delay CPU calibration for SMP

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Message-ID: <87ecwipfr2.fsf@BLaptop.bootlin.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 09:47:13 +0200
From: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>
To: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>, Thomas Bogendoerfer
 <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
Cc: Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@...ileye.com>, Théo Lebrun
 <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>, Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik.bayouk@...ileye.com>,
 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
 "linux-mips@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: CPS: Optimise delay CPU calibration for SMP

Hello Jiaxun,

> 在2025年5月20日周二 下午4:21，Gregory CLEMENT写道：
> [...]
>>
>> This allows to implement calibrate_delay_is_known(), which will return
>> 0 (triggering calibration) only for the primary CPU of each
>> cluster. For other CPUs, we can simply reuse the value from their
>> cluster's primary CPU core.
>
> Is __cpu_primary_cluster_mask really necessary?
>
> Maybe we can just test if current CPU is the first powered up CPU
> in the cluster?

That is exactly the point of __cpu_primary_cluster_mask: setting in an
efficient way the first powered-up CPU for each cluster. This adds only
a single variable (which is actually just a long) and allows for minimal
impact during boot time, by doing the minimum write and read operations.

I don't see a better alternative. What do you have in mind ?

Gregory

>
> Thanks
> Jiaxun
>
>>
>> With the introduction of this patch, a configuration running 32 cores
>> spread across two clusters sees a significant reduction in boot time
>> by approximately 600 milliseconds.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c
>> index 
>> 02bbd7ecd1b9557003186b9d3d98ae17eac5eb9f..93e01b90b4a21323c7629350211083a81eb549d4 
>> 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c
>> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c
>> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static u64 core_entry_reg;
>>  static phys_addr_t cps_vec_pa;
>> 
>>  struct cluster_boot_config *mips_cps_cluster_bootcfg;
>> +struct cpumask __cpu_primary_cluster_mask __read_mostly;
>> 
>>  static void power_up_other_cluster(unsigned int cluster)
>>  {
>> @@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ static void __init cps_smp_setup(void)
>>  		if (mips_cm_revision() >= CM_REV_CM3_5)
>>  			power_up_other_cluster(cl);
>> 
>> +		cpumask_set_cpu(nvpes, &__cpu_primary_cluster_mask);
>>  		ncores = mips_cps_numcores(cl);
>>  		for (c = 0; c < ncores; c++) {
>>  			core_vpes = core_vpe_count(cl, c);
>> @@ -281,6 +283,24 @@ static void __init cps_smp_setup(void)
>>  #endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF */
>>  }
>> 
>> +unsigned long calibrate_delay_is_known(void)
>> +{
>> +	int i, this_cpu = smp_processor_id(), primary_cpu_cluster = 0;
>> +
>> +	/* The calibration has to be done on the primary CPU of the cluster */
>> +	if (cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, &__cpu_primary_cluster_mask))
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>> +	/* Look for the primary CPU of the cluster this CPU belongs to */
>> +	for_each_cpu(i, &__cpu_primary_cluster_mask) {
>> +		/* we reach the next cluster */
>> +		if (i > this_cpu)
>> +			break;
>> +		primary_cpu_cluster = i;
>> +	}
>> +	return cpu_data[primary_cpu_cluster].udelay_val;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static void __init cps_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
>>  {
>>  	unsigned int nclusters, ncores, core_vpes, c, cl, cca;
>>
>> ---
>> base-commit: 3b3704261e851e25983860e4c352f1f73786f4ab
>> change-id: 20250520-smp_calib-6d3009e1f5b9
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -- 
>> Grégory CLEMENT, Bootlin
>> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
>> https://bootlin.com
>
> -- 
> - Jiaxun

-- 
Grégory CLEMENT, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com