On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 04:56:48PM -0500, Wei Huang wrote: > Hi All, > > TPH (TLP Processing Hints) is a PCIe feature that allows endpoint > devices to provide optimization hints for requests that target memory > space. These hints, in a format called steering tag (ST), are provided > in the requester's TLP headers and allow the system hardware, including > the Root Complex, to optimize the utilization of platform resources > for the requests. > > Upcoming AMD hardware implement a new Cache Injection feature that > leverages TPH. Cache Injection allows PCIe endpoints to inject I/O > Coherent DMA writes directly into an L2 within the CCX (core complex) > closest to the CPU core that will consume it. This technology is aimed > at applications requiring high performance and low latency, such as > networking and storage applications. > > This series introduces generic TPH support in Linux, allowing STs to be > retrieved and used by PCIe endpoint drivers as needed. As a > demonstration, it includes an example usage in the Broadcom BNXT driver. > When running on Broadcom NICs with the appropriate firmware, it shows > substantial memory bandwidth savings and better network bandwidth using > real-world benchmarks. This solution is vendor-neutral and implemented > based on industry standards (PCIe Spec and PCI FW Spec). > > V5->V6: > * Rebase on top of pci/main (tag: pci-v6.12-changes) > * Fix spellings and FIELD_PREP/bnxt.c compilation errors (Simon) > * Move tph.c to drivers/pci directory (Lukas) > * Remove CONFIG_ACPI dependency (Lukas) > * Slightly re-arrange save/restore sequence (Lukas) Thanks, I'll wait for the kernel test robot warnings to be resolved. In patch 2/5, reword commit logs as imperative mood, e.g., s/X() is added/Add X()/, as you've already done for 1/5 and 3/5. Maybe specify the ACPI _DSM name? This would help users know whether their system can use this, or help them request that a vendor implement the _DSM. In patch 4/5, s/sustancial/substantial/. I guess the firmware you refer to here means the system firmware that would provide the _DSM required for this to work, i.e., not firmware on the NIC itself? Would be helpful for users to have a hint as to how to tell whether to expect a benefit on their system. The 5/5 commit log could say what the patch *does*, not what *could* be done (the subject does say what the patch does, but it's nice if it's in the commit log as well so it's complete by itself). Also, a hint that using the steering tag helps direct DMA writes to a cache close to the CPU expected to consume it might be helpful to motivate the patch. Bjorn
