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Message-ID: <d1f07248-194b-429c-aceb-9d586aad934b@foss.st.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:40:15 +0100
From: Arnaud POULIQUEN <arnaud.pouliquen@...s.st.com>
To: Tanmay Shah <tanmay.shah@....com>, <andersson@...nel.org>,
        <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>, <mst@...hat.com>, <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, <eperezma@...hat.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <virtualization@...ts.linux.dev>, <xiaoxiang@...omi.com>,
        Xiang Xiao
	<xiaoxiang781216@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] rpmsg: virtio_rpmsg_bus: allow the different
 vring size for send/recv

Hi Tanmay,

On 11/14/25 19:46, Tanmay Shah wrote:
> From: Xiang Xiao <xiaoxiang781216@...il.com>
> 
> it's useful if the communication throughput is different from each side
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiang Xiao <xiaoxiang@...omi.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tanmay Shah <tanmay.shah@....com>


Thanks you for reopening of this series!
> ---
>   drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>   1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> index 484890b4a6a7..cc26dfcc3e29 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> @@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
>    * @svq:	tx virtqueue
>    * @rbufs:	kernel address of rx buffers
>    * @sbufs:	kernel address of tx buffers
> - * @num_bufs:	total number of buffers for rx and tx
> - * @buf_size:   size of one rx or tx buffer
> + * @num_rbufs:	total number of buffers for rx
> + * @num_sbufs:	total number of buffers for tx

Nitpicking... I wonder if rx, tx term would be more generic
In such case s/num_rxbufs/n_rx_buf/ s/num_sbufs/num_txbufs/

Regards
Arnaud

> + * @buf_size:	size of one rx or tx buffer
>    * @last_sbuf:	index of last tx buffer used
>    * @bufs_dma:	dma base addr of the buffers
>    * @tx_lock:	protects svq, sbufs and sleepers, to allow concurrent senders.
> @@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ struct virtproc_info {
>   	struct virtio_device *vdev;
>   	struct virtqueue *rvq, *svq;
>   	void *rbufs, *sbufs;
> -	unsigned int num_bufs;
> +	unsigned int num_rbufs;
> +	unsigned int num_sbufs;
>   	unsigned int buf_size;
>   	int last_sbuf;
>   	dma_addr_t bufs_dma;
> @@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ struct virtio_rpmsg_channel {
>   /*
>    * We're allocating buffers of 512 bytes each for communications. The
>    * number of buffers will be computed from the number of buffers supported
> - * by the vring, upto a maximum of 512 buffers (256 in each direction).
> + * by the vring, up to a maximum of 256 in each direction.
>    *
>    * Each buffer will have 16 bytes for the msg header and 496 bytes for
>    * the payload.
> @@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ struct virtio_rpmsg_channel {
>    * can change this without changing anything in the firmware of the remote
>    * processor.
>    */
> -#define MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS	(512)
> +#define MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS	(256)
>   #define MAX_RPMSG_BUF_SIZE	(512)
>   
>   /*
> @@ -439,11 +441,8 @@ static void *get_a_tx_buf(struct virtproc_info *vrp)
>   	/* support multiple concurrent senders */
>   	mutex_lock(&vrp->tx_lock);
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * either pick the next unused tx buffer
> -	 * (half of our buffers are used for sending messages)
> -	 */
> -	if (vrp->last_sbuf < vrp->num_bufs / 2)
> +	/* either pick the next unused tx buffer */
> +	if (vrp->last_sbuf < vrp->num_sbufs)
>   		ret = vrp->sbufs + vrp->buf_size * vrp->last_sbuf++;
>   	/* or recycle a used one */
>   	else
> @@ -878,19 +877,20 @@ static int rpmsg_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>   	vrp->rvq = vqs[0];
>   	vrp->svq = vqs[1];
>   
> -	/* we expect symmetric tx/rx vrings */
> -	WARN_ON(virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->rvq) !=
> -		virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->svq));
> -
>   	/* we need less buffers if vrings are small */
> -	if (virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->rvq) < MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS / 2)
> -		vrp->num_bufs = virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->rvq) * 2;
> +	if (virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->rvq) < MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS)
> +		vrp->num_rbufs = virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->rvq);
> +	else
> +		vrp->num_rbufs = MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS;
> +
> +	if (virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->svq) < MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS)
> +		vrp->num_sbufs = virtqueue_get_vring_size(vrp->svq);
>   	else
> -		vrp->num_bufs = MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS;
> +		vrp->num_sbufs = MAX_RPMSG_NUM_BUFS;
>   
>   	vrp->buf_size = MAX_RPMSG_BUF_SIZE;
>   
> -	total_buf_space = vrp->num_bufs * vrp->buf_size;
> +	total_buf_space = (vrp->num_rbufs + vrp->num_sbufs) * vrp->buf_size;
>   
>   	/* allocate coherent memory for the buffers */
>   	bufs_va = dma_alloc_coherent(vdev->dev.parent,
> @@ -904,14 +904,14 @@ static int rpmsg_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>   	dev_dbg(&vdev->dev, "buffers: va %p, dma %pad\n",
>   		bufs_va, &vrp->bufs_dma);
>   
> -	/* half of the buffers is dedicated for RX */
> +	/* first part of the buffers is dedicated for RX */
>   	vrp->rbufs = bufs_va;
>   
> -	/* and half is dedicated for TX */
> -	vrp->sbufs = bufs_va + total_buf_space / 2;
> +	/* and second part is dedicated for TX */
> +	vrp->sbufs = bufs_va + vrp->num_rbufs * vrp->buf_size;
>   
>   	/* set up the receive buffers */
> -	for (i = 0; i < vrp->num_bufs / 2; i++) {
> +	for (i = 0; i < vrp->num_rbufs; i++) {
>   		struct scatterlist sg;
>   		void *cpu_addr = vrp->rbufs + i * vrp->buf_size;
>   
> @@ -1001,7 +1001,8 @@ static int rpmsg_remove_device(struct device *dev, void *data)
>   static void rpmsg_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>   {
>   	struct virtproc_info *vrp = vdev->priv;
> -	size_t total_buf_space = vrp->num_bufs * vrp->buf_size;
> +	unsigned int num_bufs = vrp->num_rbufs + vrp->num_sbufs;
> +	size_t total_buf_space = num_bufs * vrp->buf_size;
>   	int ret;
>   
>   	virtio_reset_device(vdev);


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