Re: [PATCH 12/18] cxl: Add helpers to calculate pci latency for the CXL device

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On 2/8/23 3:15 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 01:51:17PM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:


On 2/6/23 3:39 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 01:51:10PM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
The latency is calculated by dividing the FLIT size over the
bandwidth. Add support to retrieve the FLIT size for the CXL
device and calculate the latency of the downstream link.

I guess you only care about the latency of a single link, not the
entire path?

I am adding each of the link individually together in the next
patch. Are you suggesting a similar function like
pcie_bandwidth_available() but for latency for the entire path?

Only a clarifying question.

+static int cxl_get_flit_size(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	if (cxl_pci_flit_256(pdev))
+		return 256;
+
+	return 66;

I don't know about the 66-byte flit format, maybe this part is
CXL-specific?

68-byte flit format. Looks like this is a typo from me.

This part must be CXL-specific, since I don't think PCIe mentions
68-byte flits.

+ * The table indicates that if PCIe Flit Mode is set, then CXL is in 256B flits
+ * mode, otherwise it's 68B flits mode.
+ */
+static inline bool cxl_pci_flit_256(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	u32 lnksta2;
+
+	pcie_capability_read_dword(pdev, PCI_EXP_LNKSTA2, &lnksta2);
+	return lnksta2 & BIT(10);

Add a #define for the bit.

ok will add.


AFAICT, the PCIe spec defines this bit, and it only indicates the link
is or will be operating in Flit Mode; it doesn't actually say anything
about how large the flits are.  I suppose that's because PCIe only
talks about 256B flits, not 66B ones?

Looking at CXL v1.0 rev3.0 6.2.3 "256B Flit Mode", table 6-4, it shows that
when PCIe Flit Mode is set, then CXL is in 256B flits mode, otherwise, it is
68B flits. So an assumption is made here regarding the flit side based on
the table.

So reading PCI_EXP_LNKSTA2 and extracting the Flit Mode bit is
PCIe-generic, but the interpretation of "PCIe Flit Mode not enabled
means 68-byte flits" is CXL-specific?

This sounds wrong, but I don't know quite how.  How would the PCI core
manage links where Flit Mode being cleared really means Flit Mode is
*enabled* but with a different size?  Seems like something could go
wrong there.

Looking at the PCIe base spec and the CXL spec, that seemed to be the only way that implies the flit size for a CXL device as far as I can tell. I've yet to find a good way to make that determination. Dan?



Bjorn



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