Hi Jiri and Miquel,
While testing serial driver with RZ/N1 on 5.15 kernel, which is the backport of mainline kernel,
I seen performance issue with serial DMA for higher baud rates.
The test app is taking 25 minutes finish, whereas with the below patch[1] it takes only 3 minutes to finish.
Not sure has anyone seen this performance issue?
[1]
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index 468d1aca5968..321430176698 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ static unsigned int serial8250_get_baud_rate(struct uart_port *port,
max = (port->uartclk + tolerance) / 4;
} else {
min = port->uartclk / 16 / UART_DIV_MAX;
- max = (port->uartclk + tolerance) / 16;
+ max = port->uartclk;
}
Note:-
I have added below change on 5.15 kernel to test on all possible use cases.
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 7884fcd66d39..6d352981fb3e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -643,6 +643,26 @@ static int dw8250_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
up->dma = &data->data.dma;
}
+ if (data->pdata->quirks & DW_UART_QUIRK_IS_DMA_FC) {
+ /*
+ * When the 'char timeout' irq fires because no more data has
+ * been received in some time, the 8250 driver stops the DMA.
+ * However, if the DMAC has been setup to write more data to mem
+ * than is read from the UART FIFO, the data will *not* be
+ * written to memory.
+ * Therefore, we limit the width of writes to mem so that it is
+ * the same amount of data as read from the FIFO. You can use
+ * anything less than or equal, but same size is optimal
+ */
+ data->data.dma.rxconf.dst_addr_width = p->fifosize / 4;
+
+ /*
+ * Unless you set the maxburst to 1, if you send only 1 char, it
+ * doesn't get transmitted
+ */
+ data->data.dma.txconf.dst_maxburst = 1;
+ }
+
Cheers,
Biju
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Biju Das
> Sent: 04 July 2022 08:12
> To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>; Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Miquel Raynal
> <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@xxxxxxxx>; Phil
> Edworthy <phil.edworthy@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>; Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Biju Das <biju.das@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-renesas-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] serial: 8250: dw: Fix the macro
> RZN1_UART_xDMACR_8_WORD_BURST
>
> Hi Jiri,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: dw: Fix the macro
> > RZN1_UART_xDMACR_8_WORD_BURST
> >
> > On 30. 06. 22, 10:39, Biju Das wrote:
> > > As per RZ/N1 peripheral user
> > > manual(r01uh0752ej0100-rzn1-peripheral.pdf)
> > > rev 1.0.0 Mar,2019,
> >
> > Is this public anywhere?
>
> Yes, It is available here[1] see page 72 and 73.
>
> [1] https://www.renesas.com/us/en/document/mah/rzn1d-group-rzn1s-group-
> rzn1l-group-users-manual-peripherals?language=en&r=1054561
>
>
> >
> > > the value for 8_WORD_BURST is 4(b2,b1=2’b10).
> > >
> > > This patch fixes the macro as per the user manual.
> >
> > I'm curious, is the bottom bit from "3" ignored by the HW or does this
> > fix a real problem in behavior? Stating that might help backporters to
> > decide if to take the patch or not.
>
> See page 72 and 73.
>
> Yes, it fixes a real problem as by using a value of 8 , you are wrongly
> configuring DMA_BURST_SIZE of 1 instead of DMA_BURST_SIZE of 8.
>
> b2, b1 bUart_DEST_BURST
> _SIZE
> DEST_BURST_SIZE
> Destination Burst Transaction Size in Transmit FIFO.
> UART is the flow controller. Thus, the user must write this field before
> or at the same time the DMA mode is enabled. Number of data byte, to be
> written to the Transmit FIFO every time a transmit burst transaction
> request are made on DMA request.
> 2’b00 = 1 byte
> 2’b01 = 4 bytes
> 2’b10 = 8 bytes
> 2’b11 = Reserved, not used
>
> Cheers,
> Biju
>
>
> >
> > > Fixes: aa63d786cea2 ("serial: 8250: dw: Add support for DMA flow
> > > controlling devices")
> > > Signed-off-by: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
> > > b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
> > > index f57bbd32ef11..931490b27d6b 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
> > > @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
> > > #define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_DMA_EN BIT(0)
> > > #define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_1_WORD_BURST (0 << 1)
> > > #define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_4_WORD_BURST (1 << 1)
> > > -#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_8_WORD_BURST (3 << 1)
> > > +#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_8_WORD_BURST (2 << 1)
> > > #define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_BLK_SZ(x) ((x) << 3)
> > >
> > > /* Quirks */
> >
> > thanks,
> > --
> > js
