On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:19:34 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 10:16 AM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:13:48 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 5:40 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:50:23 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 2:32 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi, Jason
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Could you skip this patch?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm fine with either merging or dropping this.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Let we review other patches firstly?
> > > > >
> > > > > I will be on vacation soon, and won't have time to do this until next week.
> > > >
> > > > Have a happly vacation.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > But I spot two possible "issues":
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) the DMA metadata were stored in the headroom of the page, this
> > > > > breaks frags coalescing, we need to benchmark it's impact
> > > >
> > > > Not every page, just the first page of the COMP pages.
> > > >
> > > > So I think there is no impact.
> > >
> > > Nope, see this:
> > >
> > > if (SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER &&
> > > !static_branch_unlikely(&net_high_order_alloc_disable_key)) {
> > > /* Avoid direct reclaim but allow kswapd to wake */
> > > pfrag->page = alloc_pages((gfp & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) |
> > > __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN |
> > > __GFP_NORETRY,
> > > SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER);
> > > if (likely(pfrag->page)) {
> > > pfrag->size = PAGE_SIZE << SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER;
> > > return true;
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > The comp page might be disabled due to the SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER and
> > > net_high_order_alloc_disable_key.
> >
> >
> > YES.
> >
> > But if comp page is disabled. Then we only get one page each time. The pages are
> > not contiguous, so we don't have frags coalescing.
> >
> > If you mean the two pages got from alloc_page may be contiguous. The coalescing
> > may then be broken. It's a possibility, but I think the impact will be small.
>
> Let's have a simple benchmark and see?
That is ok.
I think you want to know the perf num with big traffic and the comp page
disabled.
Thanks.
>
> Thanks
>
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > 2) pre mapped DMA addresses were not reused in the case of XDP_TX/XDP_REDIRECT
> > > >
> > > > Because that the tx is not the premapped mode.
> > >
> > > Yes, we can optimize this on top.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I see Michael has merge this series so I'm fine to let it go first.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks.
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