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[1/1] powerpc/kernel/iommu: Use largepool as a last resort when !largealloc

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Series [1/1] powerpc/kernel/iommu: Use largepool as a last resort when !largealloc | expand

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Leonardo Brás March 18, 2021, 5:44 p.m. UTC
As of today, doing iommu_range_alloc() only for !largealloc (npages <= 15)
will only be able to use 3/4 of the available pages, given pages on
largepool  not being available for !largealloc.

This could mean some drivers not being able to fully use all the available
pages for the DMA window.

Add pages on largepool as a last resort for !largealloc, making all pages
of the DMA window available.

Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leobras.c@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

Comments

Leonardo Brás April 22, 2021, 6:50 a.m. UTC | #1
Hello,

FYI: This patch was reviewed when it was part of another patchset:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/patch/20200817234033.442511-4-leobras.c@gmail.com/


On Thu, 2021-03-18 at 14:44 -0300, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> As of today, doing iommu_range_alloc() only for !largealloc (npages <= 15)
> will only be able to use 3/4 of the available pages, given pages on
> largepool  not being available for !largealloc.
> 
> This could mean some drivers not being able to fully use all the available
> pages for the DMA window.
> 
> Add pages on largepool as a last resort for !largealloc, making all pages
> of the DMA window available.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leobras.c@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
> index 3329ef045805..ae6ad8dca605 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
> @@ -255,6 +255,15 @@ static unsigned long iommu_range_alloc(struct device *dev,
>  			pass++;
>  			goto again;
>  
> 
> +		} else if (pass == tbl->nr_pools + 1) {
> +			/* Last resort: try largepool */
> +			spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> +			pool = &tbl->large_pool;
> +			spin_lock(&pool->lock);
> +			pool->hint = pool->start;
> +			pass++;
> +			goto again;
> +
>  		} else {
>  			/* Give up */
>  			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(pool->lock), flags);
Michael Ellerman April 29, 2021, 2:01 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:44:17 -0300, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> As of today, doing iommu_range_alloc() only for !largealloc (npages <= 15)
> will only be able to use 3/4 of the available pages, given pages on
> largepool  not being available for !largealloc.
> 
> This could mean some drivers not being able to fully use all the available
> pages for the DMA window.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/kernel/iommu: Use largepool as a last resort when !largealloc
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/fc5590fd56c9608f317729b59a56dad2a75d633f

cheers
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
index 3329ef045805..ae6ad8dca605 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
@@ -255,6 +255,15 @@  static unsigned long iommu_range_alloc(struct device *dev,
 			pass++;
 			goto again;
 
+		} else if (pass == tbl->nr_pools + 1) {
+			/* Last resort: try largepool */
+			spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
+			pool = &tbl->large_pool;
+			spin_lock(&pool->lock);
+			pool->hint = pool->start;
+			pass++;
+			goto again;
+
 		} else {
 			/* Give up */
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(pool->lock), flags);