netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: davinci_cpdma: reduce latency on -rt

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:38:04 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:	Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: davinci_cpdma: reduce latency on -rt

Hello,

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 05:11:54PM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> On 07/27/2016 10:03 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 05:36:49PM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> >> On 07/26/2016 03:02 PM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> these patches are based on next-20160726. I didn't check yet how latency
> >>> improves by using these patches, but even if the improvment is small,
> >>> it's still a good idea to have them.
> >>
> >> Sry, but how this will affect on -RT? This is not a raw locks, so
> >> they will be converted to rt-mutexes which are sleepable.
> >> Or I've missed smth?
> > 
> > They are still locks after all. On -rt I saw for the relevant
> > application:
> > 
> >   send package         |
> >     take lock          |
> >     write pckt to hw   |
> >                        | rcv irq
> > 		       |   take lock
> > 		       |     schedule
> >     drop lock	       | 
> >       schedule         |
> >                        |   get pckt from hw
> > 		       |   drop lock
> > 
> > So reducing the time a lock is taken reduces the chances that the lock
> > is contended for another thread which results in extra context switches.
> > 
> Thanks a lot for explanation. So, this is not exactly rt-latency reduction,
> but it might improve net performance on -RT. correct?

Well, it's not really rt related, but if you hit a locked lock on rt it
hurts more than on !rt. And this results in increased latency.

Best regards
Uwe

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