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Message-ID: <CAMeyCbjpaqMmPqY54UNeWMYf-OjYQq4MqOGpjMqvQvtJbhWjSA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Jul 2020 16:18:14 +0200
From:   Kegl Rohit <keglrohit@...il.com>
To:     Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [EXT] net: ethernet: freescale: fec: copybreak handling
 throughput, dma_sync_* optimisations allowed?

So you would also say a single dma_sync_single_for_cpu is enough.
You are right it would be great if some mm expert could have a look at
it. If any corruption could happen.

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 2d0d313ee..acc04726f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1387,9 +1387,9 @@ static bool fec_enet_copybreak(struct net_device
*ndev, struct sk_buff **skb,
                return false;

        dma_sync_single_for_cpu(&fep->pdev->dev,
                                fec32_to_cpu(bdp->cbd_bufaddr),
-                               FEC_ENET_RX_FRSIZE - fep->rx_align,
+                               length,
                                DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
        if (!swap)
                memcpy(new_skb->data, (*skb)->data, length);
        else
@@ -1551,14 +1551,9 @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int
budget, u16 queue_id)
                                               vlan_tag);

                napi_gro_receive(&fep->napi, skb);

-               if (is_copybreak) {
-                       dma_sync_single_for_device(&fep->pdev->dev,
-
fec32_to_cpu(bdp->cbd_bufaddr),
-                                                  FEC_ENET_RX_FRSIZE
- fep->rx_align,
-                                                  DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-               } else {
+               if (!is_copybreak) {
                        rxq->rx_skbuff[index] = skb_new;
                        fec_enet_new_rxbdp(ndev, bdp, skb_new);
                }

Testing is pretty complex because of multiple different contexts.
To test the whole rx chain throughput i decided to use UDP with 200
bytes payload.
Wireshark reports 242 bytes on wire, so copybreak is active (< 256 bytes).
I choose larger packets to reduce CPU load caused by the network stack / iperf3.
Smaller packets will benefit even more, but for this test the network
stack / iperf3 could become the bottleneck not the driver itself (e.g.
to test call skb_free instead of napi_gro_receive).
iperf missbehaved sometimes and caused a lot more CPU load, so using iperf3.
Kernelversion is Linux falcon 5.4.8-rt11-yocto-standard #59 SMP PREEMPT
Normaly our system has PREEMPT RT enabled. But I think to test
throughput PREEMPT is a better way to compare results.
NAPI and PREEMPT RT has even more contexts with the additional
threaded irq handler and therefore PREEMPT RT throughput is another
story.
stress -m 1 --vm-bytes 100M was used to simulate additional memory
load. Only one core to keep ressources free for iperf3.


###############################
# NOT PATCHED
###############################
-------------------------------
- NOT STRESSED
-------------------------------
user@ws:~/$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.2 -u -l 200 -b 100M -t 10
Connecting to host 192.168.1.2, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.1.1 port 52032 connected to 192.168.1.2 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec  8.06 MBytes  67.6 Mbits/sec  42279
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec  8.93 MBytes  74.9 Mbits/sec  46800
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec  8.92 MBytes  74.8 Mbits/sec  46771
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.7 Mbits/sec  46701
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec  8.92 MBytes  74.9 Mbits/sec  46792
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec  8.93 MBytes  74.9 Mbits/sec  46840
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec  8.90 MBytes  74.6 Mbits/sec  46636
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec  8.95 MBytes  75.1 Mbits/sec  46924
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.7 Mbits/sec  46716
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec  8.89 MBytes  74.5 Mbits/sec  46592
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  88.3 MBytes  74.1 Mbits/sec  0.056 ms
123112/463051 (27%)
[  4] Sent 463051 datagrams

[root@...6q ~]# iperf3 -s
Server listening on 5201
Accepted connection from 192.168.1.1, port 53394
[  5] local 192.168.1.2 port 5201 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 43224
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  5.56 MBytes  46.6 Mbits/sec  0.046 ms
5520/34650 (16%)
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  6.40 MBytes  53.7 Mbits/sec  0.050 ms
13035/46576 (28%)
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  6.40 MBytes  53.7 Mbits/sec  0.044 ms
13295/46854 (28%)
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  6.26 MBytes  52.5 Mbits/sec  0.056 ms
13849/46692 (30%)
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  6.31 MBytes  53.0 Mbits/sec  0.052 ms
13735/46833 (29%)
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  6.32 MBytes  53.0 Mbits/sec  0.054 ms
13610/46761 (29%)
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  6.32 MBytes  53.0 Mbits/sec  0.043 ms
13780/46931 (29%)
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  6.33 MBytes  53.1 Mbits/sec  0.051 ms
13679/46848 (29%)
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  6.33 MBytes  53.1 Mbits/sec  0.050 ms
13746/46912 (29%)
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  6.33 MBytes  53.1 Mbits/sec  0.043 ms
13437/46626 (29%)
[  5]  10.00-10.17  sec  1.04 MBytes  52.5 Mbits/sec  0.044 ms
2233/7684 (29%)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  5]   0.00-10.17  sec  63.6 MBytes  52.5 Mbits/sec  0.044 ms
129919/463367 (28%)  receiver

[root@...6q ~]# mpstat -P ALL 4 1
Linux 5.4.8-rt11 03/17/00 _armv7l_ (4 CPU)
23:38:51     CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft
%steal  %guest   %idle
23:38:55     all    2.49    0.00   19.96    0.00    0.00   25.45
0.00    0.00   52.10
23:38:55       0    0.00    0.00    0.25    0.00    0.00   99.75
0.00    0.00    0.00
23:38:55       1    1.54    0.00   11.54    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00   86.92
23:38:55       2    1.27    0.00    5.85    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00   92.88
23:38:55       3    7.24    0.00   63.31    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00   29.46
=> ksoftirqd/0 @ 100%; iperf @ 94%

[root@...6q ~]# sar -I 60 1
00:13:32         INTR    intr/s
00:13:33           60      0.00
00:13:34           60      0.00
00:13:35           60      0.00
00:13:36           60      0.00
=> 100% napi poll


-------------------------------
- STRESSED
- stress -m 1 --vm-bytes 100M &
-------------------------------
user@ws:~/$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.2 -u -l 200 -b 100M -t 10
Connecting to host 192.168.1.2, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.1.1 port 52129 connected to 192.168.1.2 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec  8.09 MBytes  67.8 Mbits/sec  42399
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec  8.88 MBytes  74.5 Mbits/sec  46552
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec  8.92 MBytes  74.8 Mbits/sec  46780
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.7 Mbits/sec  46688
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.7 Mbits/sec  46712
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.8 Mbits/sec  46724
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec  8.95 MBytes  75.0 Mbits/sec  46900
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec  8.95 MBytes  75.1 Mbits/sec  46928
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec  8.93 MBytes  74.9 Mbits/sec  46796
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec  8.91 MBytes  74.8 Mbits/sec  46732
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  88.4 MBytes  74.1 Mbits/sec  0.067 ms
233989/463134 (51%)
[  4] Sent 463134 datagrams

[root@...6q ~]# iperf3 -s
Server listening on 5201
Accepted connection from 192.168.1.1, port 57892
[  5] local 192.168.1.2 port 5201 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 43729
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  3.59 MBytes  30.1 Mbits/sec  0.071 ms
13027/31836 (41%)
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  4.32 MBytes  36.2 Mbits/sec  0.075 ms
23690/46345 (51%)
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  4.28 MBytes  35.9 Mbits/sec  0.040 ms
24879/47293 (53%)
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  4.05 MBytes  34.0 Mbits/sec  0.055 ms
24430/45651 (54%)
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  4.01 MBytes  33.6 Mbits/sec  0.130 ms
25200/46209 (55%)
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  4.22 MBytes  35.4 Mbits/sec  0.052 ms
24777/46902 (53%)
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  4.04 MBytes  33.9 Mbits/sec  0.057 ms
24452/45635 (54%)
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  4.26 MBytes  35.7 Mbits/sec  0.063 ms
26530/48871 (54%)
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  4.06 MBytes  34.1 Mbits/sec  0.061 ms
24293/45583 (53%)
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  4.15 MBytes  34.8 Mbits/sec  0.155 ms
24752/46499 (53%)
[  5]  10.00-10.25  sec   985 KBytes  32.5 Mbits/sec  0.069 ms
6246/11291 (55%)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  5]   0.00-10.25  sec  41.9 MBytes  34.3 Mbits/sec  0.069 ms
242276/462115 (52%)  receiver

[root@...6q ~]# mpstat -P ALL 4 1
Linux 5.4.8-rt11 03/17/00 _armv7l_ (4 CPU)
23:43:12     CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft
%steal  %guest   %idle
23:43:16     all    2.51    0.00   42.42    0.00    0.00   25.47
0.00    0.00   29.59
23:43:16       0    0.00    0.00    1.25    0.00    0.00   98.75
0.00    0.00    0.00
23:43:16       1    2.25    0.00   97.75    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00    0.00
23:43:16       2    0.25    0.00    2.29    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00   97.46
23:43:16       3    8.08    0.00   70.75    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00   21.17
=> ksoftirqd/0 @ 100%; stress @ 100%; iperf3 @ 84%

[root@...6q ~]# sar -I 60 1
00:14:41         INTR    intr/s
00:14:42           60      0.00
00:14:43           60      0.00
00:14:44           60      0.00
=> 100% napi poll


###############################
# PATCHED
###############################
-------------------------------
-NOT STRESSED
-------------------------------
user@ws:~/$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.2 -u -l 200 -b 100M -t 10
Connecting to host 192.168.1.2, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.1.1 port 50177 connected to 192.168.1.2 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec  8.08 MBytes  67.8 Mbits/sec  42373
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.7 Mbits/sec  46693
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec  8.93 MBytes  74.9 Mbits/sec  46803
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec  8.93 MBytes  74.9 Mbits/sec  46804
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec  8.93 MBytes  74.9 Mbits/sec  46804
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec  8.92 MBytes  74.8 Mbits/sec  46764
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec  8.95 MBytes  75.1 Mbits/sec  46944
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec  8.90 MBytes  74.7 Mbits/sec  46672
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.8 Mbits/sec  46732
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec  8.90 MBytes  74.7 Mbits/sec  46660
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  88.4 MBytes  74.1 Mbits/sec  0.032 ms
16561/463165 (3.6%)
[  4] Sent 463165 datagrams

[root@...6q ~]# iperf3 -s
Server listening on 5201
Accepted connection from 192.168.1.1, port 45012
[  5] local 192.168.1.2 port 5201 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 50177
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  7.36 MBytes  61.8 Mbits/sec  0.030 ms
1430/40038 (3.6%)
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  8.60 MBytes  72.1 Mbits/sec  0.030 ms
1757/46850 (3.8%)
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  8.61 MBytes  72.2 Mbits/sec  0.039 ms
1690/46809 (3.6%)
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  8.61 MBytes  72.3 Mbits/sec  0.037 ms
1650/46812 (3.5%)
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  8.59 MBytes  72.1 Mbits/sec  0.033 ms
1589/46651 (3.4%)
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  8.60 MBytes  72.1 Mbits/sec  0.036 ms
1904/46967 (4.1%)
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  8.61 MBytes  72.2 Mbits/sec  0.046 ms
1633/46766 (3.5%)
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  8.60 MBytes  72.1 Mbits/sec  0.030 ms
1748/46818 (3.7%)
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  8.61 MBytes  72.2 Mbits/sec  0.036 ms
1572/46707 (3.4%)
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  8.61 MBytes  72.3 Mbits/sec  0.031 ms
1538/46703 (3.3%)
[  5]  10.00-10.04  sec   389 KBytes  72.1 Mbits/sec  0.032 ms  50/2044 (2.4%)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  85.2 MBytes  71.1 Mbits/sec  0.032 ms
16561/463165 (3.6%)  receiver

[root@...6q ~]# mpstat -P ALL 4 1
Linux 5.4.8-rt11-yocto-standard  03/17/00 _armv7l_ (4 CPU)
23:15:50     CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft
%steal  %guest   %idle
23:15:54     all    3.06    0.00   26.11    0.00    0.00   11.09
0.00    0.00   59.74
23:15:54       0    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   86.44
0.00    0.00   13.56
23:15:54       1   10.25    0.00   89.50    0.00    0.00    0.25
0.00    0.00    0.00
23:15:54       2    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00  100.00
23:15:54       3    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00  100.00
=> ksoftirqd/* @ 0% CPU; iperf3 @ 100%

[root@...6q ~]# sar -I 60 1
23:56:10         INTR    intr/s
23:56:11           60  12339.00
23:56:12           60  11476.00
=> irq load high


-------------------------------
- STRESSED
- stress -m 1 --vm-bytes 100M &
-------------------------------
user@ws:~/$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.2 -u -l 200 -b 100M -t 10
Connecting to host 192.168.1.2, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.1.1 port 59042 connected to 192.168.1.2 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec  7.92 MBytes  66.2 Mbits/sec  41527
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec  8.95 MBytes  75.4 Mbits/sec  46931
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec  8.95 MBytes  75.1 Mbits/sec  46923
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec  8.96 MBytes  75.2 Mbits/sec  46983
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec  8.96 MBytes  75.2 Mbits/sec  46999
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.5 Mbits/sec  46688
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec  8.93 MBytes  75.1 Mbits/sec  46824
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec  8.94 MBytes  75.0 Mbits/sec  46872
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec  8.91 MBytes  74.7 Mbits/sec  46700
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec  8.91 MBytes  74.8 Mbits/sec  46720
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  88.3 MBytes  74.1 Mbits/sec  0.042 ms
70360/462955 (15%)
[  4] Sent 462955 datagrams


[root@...6q ~]# iperf3 -s
Server listening on 5201
Accepted connection from 192.168.1.1, port 46306
[  5] local 192.168.1.2 port 5201 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 59042
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  6.54 MBytes  54.8 Mbits/sec  0.038 ms
5602/39871 (14%)
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  7.51 MBytes  63.0 Mbits/sec  0.037 ms
6973/46362 (15%)
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  7.54 MBytes  63.3 Mbits/sec  0.037 ms
7414/46966 (16%)
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  7.56 MBytes  63.4 Mbits/sec  0.038 ms
7354/46984 (16%)
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  7.60 MBytes  63.7 Mbits/sec  0.031 ms
7241/47069 (15%)
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  7.58 MBytes  63.6 Mbits/sec  0.033 ms
7134/46865 (15%)
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  7.56 MBytes  63.5 Mbits/sec  0.058 ms
6991/46649 (15%)
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  7.57 MBytes  63.5 Mbits/sec  0.043 ms
7259/46933 (15%)
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  7.56 MBytes  63.4 Mbits/sec  0.038 ms
7065/46721 (15%)
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  7.55 MBytes  63.3 Mbits/sec  0.042 ms
7002/46588 (15%)
[  5]  10.00-10.04  sec   317 KBytes  61.8 Mbits/sec  0.042 ms  325/1947 (17%)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Jitter
Lost/Total Datagrams
[  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  74.9 MBytes  62.6 Mbits/sec  0.042 ms
70360/462955 (15%)  receiver


[root@...6q ~]# mpstat -P ALL 4 1
Linux 5.4.8-rt11-yocto-standard 03/17/00 _armv7l_ (4 CPU)
23:49:59     CPU    %usr   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft
%steal  %guest   %idle
23:50:03     all    3.21    0.00   47.27    0.00    0.00   25.02
0.00    0.00   24.51
23:50:03       0    0.00    0.00    0.50    0.00    0.00   99.50
0.00    0.00    0.00
23:50:03       1    0.00    0.00    0.26    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00   99.74
23:50:03       2    9.50    0.00   90.50    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00    0.00
23:50:03       3    3.01    0.00   96.99    0.00    0.00    0.00
0.00    0.00    0.00
=> ksoftirqd/0 @ 92%; stress @ 100%; iperf3 @ 100%

[root@...6q ~]# sar -I 60 1
23:57:08           60    505.00
23:57:09           60    748.00
23:57:10           60    416.00
=> irq load low => napi active but not all the time

===============================================================

As a result the patched system stressed with memory load has a higher
throughput than the unpatched system without memory stress.
The system could nearly keep up with the desktop sending @ 75MBit/s
(100MBit/s link) with i210 / igb.
I think IRQ/s could reach a new peak because of the faster napi_poll /
rx_queue execution times.
iperf, iperf3 is mainly to test throughput. Is there any tool which
checks for connection reliability (packet content, sequence, ...)?

On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 11:14 AM Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com> wrote:
>
> From: Kegl Rohit <keglrohit@...il.com> Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:39 PM
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 6:18 AM Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com> wrote:
> > > That should ensure the whole area is not dirty.
> >
> > dma_sync_single_for_cpu() and dma_sync_single_for_device() can or must be
> > used in pairs?
> > So in this case it is really necessary to sync back the skb data buffer via
> > dma_sync_single_for_device? Even when the CPU does not change any bytes
> > in the skb data buffer / readonly like in this case.
>
> No, if the buffer is not modified, dma_sync_single_for_device() is not necessary.
>
> For some arm64 core, the dcache invalidate on A53 is flush + invalidate, once the buffer
> is modified, it will cause read back wrong data without dma_sync_single_for_device().
> And the driver also support Coldfire platforms, I am not family with the arch.
>
> From current analyze for arm/arm64,  I also think dma_sync_single_for_device() is not
> necessary due to the buffer is not modified.
>
> Anyway, it still need to get other experts comment, and it need to do many test and stress test.
>
> > And there is no DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL mapping.
> >
> > I thought copybreak it is not about the next frame size. It is about the current
> > frame. And the actual length is known via the size field in the finished DMA
> > descriptor.
> > Or do you mean that the next received frame could be no copybreak frame.
> > 1. Rx copybreakable frame with sizeX < copybreak 2. copybreak
> > dma_sync_single_for_cpu(dmabuffer, sizeX) 3. copybreak alloc new_skb,
> > memcpy(new_skb, dmabuffer, sizeX) 4. copybreak
> > dma_sync_single_for_device(dmabuffer, sizeX) 5. Rx non copybreakable
> > frame with sizeY >= copybreak 4. dma_unmap_single(dmabuffer,
> > FEC_ENET_RX_FRSIZE - fep->rx_align) is called and can cause data corruption
> > because not all bytes were marked dirty even if nobody DMA & CPU touched
> > them?
>
> No CPU touch, it should be clean.
> >
> > > > I am new to the DMA API on ARM. Are these changes regarding cache
> > > > flushing,... allowed? These would increase the copybreak throughput
> > > > by reducing CPU load.
> > >
> > > To avoid FIFO overrun, it requires to ensure PHY pause frame is enabled.
> >
> > As the errata states this is also not always true, because the first xoff could
> > arrive too late. Pause frames/flow control is not really common and could
> > cause troubles with other random network components acting different or not
> > supporting pause frames correctly. For example the driver itself does enable
> > pause frames for Gigabit by default. But we have no Gigabit Phy so no
> > FEC_QUIRK_HAS_GBIT and therefore pause frames are not supported by the
> > driver as of now.
> >
> >
> > It looks like copybreak is implemented similar to e1000_main.c
> > e1000_copybreak().
> > There is only the real/needed packet length (length =
> > le16_to_cpu(rx_desc->length)) is synced via dma_sync_single_for_cpu and no
> > dma_sync_single_for_device.
> >
> > Here is a diff with the previous changes assuming that
> > dma_sync_single_for_device must be used to avoid any cache flush backs
> > even when no data was changed.
>
> Below change seems fine, can you collect some data before you send out
> the patch for review.
> - run iperf stress test to ensure the stability
> - collect the performance improvement data
>
> Thanks.
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > index 2d0d313ee..464783c15 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > @@ -1387,9 +1387,9 @@ static bool fec_enet_copybreak(struct net_device
> > *ndev, struct sk_buff **skb,
> >                 return false;
> >
> >         dma_sync_single_for_cpu(&fep->pdev->dev,
> >                                 fec32_to_cpu(bdp->cbd_bufaddr),
> > -                               FEC_ENET_RX_FRSIZE - fep->rx_align,
> > +                               length,
> >                                 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> >         if (!swap)
> >                 memcpy(new_skb->data, (*skb)->data, length);
> >         else
> > @@ -1413,8 +1413,9 @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int
> > budget, u16 queue_id)
> >         unsigned short status;
> >         struct  sk_buff *skb_new = NULL;
> >         struct  sk_buff *skb;
> >         ushort  pkt_len;
> > +       ushort  pkt_len_nofcs;
> >         __u8 *data;
> >         int     pkt_received = 0;
> >         struct  bufdesc_ex *ebdp = NULL;
> >         bool    vlan_packet_rcvd = false;
> > @@ -1479,9 +1480,10 @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int
> > budget, u16 queue_id)
> >                 /* The packet length includes FCS, but we don't want to
> >                  * include that when passing upstream as it messes up
> >                  * bridging applications.
> >                  */
> > -               is_copybreak = fec_enet_copybreak(ndev, &skb, bdp,
> > pkt_len - 4,
> > +               pkt_len_nofcs = pkt_len - 4;
> > +               is_copybreak = fec_enet_copybreak(ndev, &skb, bdp,
> > pkt_len_nofcs,
> >                                                   need_swap);
> >                 if (!is_copybreak) {
> >                         skb_new = netdev_alloc_skb(ndev,
> > FEC_ENET_RX_FRSIZE);
> >                         if (unlikely(!skb_new)) { @@ -1554,9 +1556,9
> > @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int budget, u16 queue_id)
> >
> >                 if (is_copybreak) {
> >                         dma_sync_single_for_device(&fep->pdev->dev,
> >
> > fec32_to_cpu(bdp->cbd_bufaddr),
> > -
> > FEC_ENET_RX_FRSIZE
> > - fep->rx_align,
> > +
> > pkt_len_nofcs,
> >
> > DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> >                 } else {
> >                         rxq->rx_skbuff[index] = skb_new;
> >                         fec_enet_new_rxbdp(ndev, bdp, skb_new);

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