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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:36:58 -0400
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@...cle.com>
Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] virtio: cache indirect desc for split
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 09:33:46AM -0700, Dongli Zhang wrote:
>
>
> On 10/26/21 11:19 PM, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > In the case of using indirect, indirect desc must be allocated and
> > released each time, which increases a lot of cpu overhead.
> >
> > Here, a cache is added for indirect. If the number of indirect desc to be
> > applied for is less than VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM, the desc array with
> > the size of VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM is fixed and cached for reuse.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/virtio/virtio.c | 6 ++++
> > drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > include/linux/virtio.h | 10 ++++++
> > 3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > index 0a5b54034d4b..04bcb74e5b9a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > @@ -431,6 +431,12 @@ bool is_virtio_device(struct device *dev)
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_virtio_device);
> >
> > +void virtio_use_desc_cache(struct virtio_device *dev, bool val)
> > +{
> > + dev->desc_cache = val;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_use_desc_cache);
> > +
> > void unregister_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
> > {
> > int index = dev->index; /* save for after device release */
> > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > index dd95dfd85e98..0b9a8544b0e8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > @@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ struct vring_virtqueue {
> > /* Hint for event idx: already triggered no need to disable. */
> > bool event_triggered;
> >
> > + /* Is indirect cache used? */
> > + bool use_desc_cache;
> > + void *desc_cache_chain;
> > +
> > union {
> > /* Available for split ring */
> > struct {
> > @@ -423,12 +427,47 @@ static unsigned int vring_unmap_one_split(const struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> > return extra[i].next;
> > }
> >
> > -static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> > +#define VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM 4
> > +
> > +static void desc_cache_chain_free_split(void *chain)
> > +{
> > + struct vring_desc *desc;
> > +
> > + while (chain) {
> > + desc = chain;
> > + chain = (void *)desc->addr;
> > + kfree(desc);
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void desc_cache_put_split(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> > + struct vring_desc *desc, int n)
> > +{
> > + if (vq->use_desc_cache && n <= VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM) {
> > + desc->addr = (u64)vq->desc_cache_chain;
> > + vq->desc_cache_chain = desc;
> > + } else {
> > + kfree(desc);
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect_split(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> > unsigned int total_sg,
> > gfp_t gfp)
> > {
> > struct vring_desc *desc;
> > - unsigned int i;
> > + unsigned int i, n;
> > +
> > + if (vq->use_desc_cache && total_sg <= VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM) {
> > + if (vq->desc_cache_chain) {
> > + desc = vq->desc_cache_chain;
> > + vq->desc_cache_chain = (void *)desc->addr;
> > + goto got;
> > + }
> > + n = VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM;
>
> How about to make the VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM configurable (at least during
> driver probing) unless there is a reason that the default value is 4.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Dongli Zhang
I would start with some experimentation showing that it actually makes a
difference in performance.
>
>
> > + } else {
> > + n = total_sg;
> > + }
> >
> > /*
> > * We require lowmem mappings for the descriptors because
> > @@ -437,12 +476,13 @@ static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> > */
> > gfp &= ~__GFP_HIGHMEM;
> >
> > - desc = kmalloc_array(total_sg, sizeof(struct vring_desc), gfp);
> > + desc = kmalloc_array(n, sizeof(struct vring_desc), gfp);
> > if (!desc)
> > return NULL;
> >
> > +got:
> > for (i = 0; i < total_sg; i++)
> > - desc[i].next = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, i + 1);
> > + desc[i].next = cpu_to_virtio16(vq->vq.vdev, i + 1);
> > return desc;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -508,7 +548,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> > head = vq->free_head;
> >
> > if (virtqueue_use_indirect(_vq, total_sg))
> > - desc = alloc_indirect_split(_vq, total_sg, gfp);
> > + desc = alloc_indirect_split(vq, total_sg, gfp);
> > else {
> > desc = NULL;
> > WARN_ON_ONCE(total_sg > vq->split.vring.num && !vq->indirect);
> > @@ -652,7 +692,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> > }
> >
> > if (indirect)
> > - kfree(desc);
> > + desc_cache_put_split(vq, desc, total_sg);
> >
> > END_USE(vq);
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > @@ -717,7 +757,7 @@ static void detach_buf_split(struct vring_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head,
> > if (vq->indirect) {
> > struct vring_desc *indir_desc =
> > vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc;
> > - u32 len;
> > + u32 len, n;
> >
> > /* Free the indirect table, if any, now that it's unmapped. */
> > if (!indir_desc)
> > @@ -729,10 +769,12 @@ static void detach_buf_split(struct vring_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head,
> > VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT));
> > BUG_ON(len == 0 || len % sizeof(struct vring_desc));
> >
> > - for (j = 0; j < len / sizeof(struct vring_desc); j++)
> > + n = len / sizeof(struct vring_desc);
> > +
> > + for (j = 0; j < n; j++)
> > vring_unmap_one_split_indirect(vq, &indir_desc[j]);
> >
> > - kfree(indir_desc);
> > + desc_cache_put_split(vq, indir_desc, n);
> > vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc = NULL;
> > } else if (ctx) {
> > *ctx = vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc;
> > @@ -2199,6 +2241,8 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index,
> > vq->indirect = virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC) &&
> > !context;
> > vq->event = virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX);
> > + vq->desc_cache_chain = NULL;
> > + vq->use_desc_cache = vdev->desc_cache;
> >
> > if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_ORDER_PLATFORM))
> > vq->weak_barriers = false;
> > @@ -2329,6 +2373,7 @@ void vring_del_virtqueue(struct virtqueue *_vq)
> > if (!vq->packed_ring) {
> > kfree(vq->split.desc_state);
> > kfree(vq->split.desc_extra);
> > + desc_cache_chain_free_split(vq->desc_cache_chain);
> > }
> > kfree(vq);
> > }
> > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
> > index 41edbc01ffa4..d84b7b8f4070 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/virtio.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
> > @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ struct virtio_device {
> > bool failed;
> > bool config_enabled;
> > bool config_change_pending;
> > + bool desc_cache;
> > spinlock_t config_lock;
> > spinlock_t vqs_list_lock; /* Protects VQs list access */
> > struct device dev;
> > @@ -130,6 +131,15 @@ int register_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> > void unregister_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> > bool is_virtio_device(struct device *dev);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * virtio_use_desc_cache - virtio ring use desc cache
> > + *
> > + * virtio will cache the allocated indirect desc.
> > + *
> > + * This function must be called before find_vqs.
> > + */
> > +void virtio_use_desc_cache(struct virtio_device *dev, bool val);
> > +
> > void virtio_break_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> >
> > void virtio_config_changed(struct virtio_device *dev);
> >
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