Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] virtio: cache indirect desc for split

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On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:20:04 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 6:49 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In the case of using indirect, indirect desc must be allocated and
> > released each time, which increases a lot of cpu overhead.
> >
> > Here, a cache is added for indirect. If the number of indirect desc to be
> > applied for is less than VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM, the desc array with
> > the size of VIRT_QUEUE_CACHE_DESC_NUM is fixed and cached for reuse.
>
> The commit log looks out of date? It's actually desc_cache_thr now.

Yes, I will fix it in next version.

>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/virtio/virtio.c      |  6 +++
> >  drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  include/linux/virtio.h       | 14 +++++++
> >  3 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > index 0a5b54034d4b..1047149ac2a4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
> > @@ -431,6 +431,12 @@ bool is_virtio_device(struct device *dev)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_virtio_device);
> >
> > +void virtio_set_desc_cache(struct virtio_device *dev, u32 thr)
> > +{
> > +       dev->desc_cache_thr = thr;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_set_desc_cache);
> > +
> >  void unregister_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
> >  {
> >         int index = dev->index; /* save for after device release */
> > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > index dd95dfd85e98..0ebcd4f12d3b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> > @@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ struct vring_virtqueue {
> >         /* Hint for event idx: already triggered no need to disable. */
> >         bool event_triggered;
> >
> > +       /* desc cache threshold
> > +        *    0   - disable desc cache
> > +        *    > 0 - enable desc cache. As the threshold of the desc cache.
> > +        */
> > +       u32 desc_cache_thr;
> > +
> > +       /* desc cache chain */
> > +       struct list_head desc_cache;
> > +
> >         union {
> >                 /* Available for split ring */
> >                 struct {
> > @@ -423,7 +432,53 @@ static unsigned int vring_unmap_one_split(const struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> >         return extra[i].next;
> >  }
> >
> > -static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> > +static void desc_cache_free(struct list_head *head)
> > +{
> > +       struct list_head *n, *pos;
> > +
> > +       BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct list_head) > sizeof(struct vring_desc));
> > +       BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct list_head) > sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
> > +
> > +       list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, n, head)
> > +               kfree(pos);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void __desc_cache_put(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> > +                            struct list_head *node, int n)
> > +{
> > +       if (n <= vq->desc_cache_thr)
> > +               list_add(node, &vq->desc_cache);
> > +       else
> > +               kfree(node);
> > +}
> > +
> > +#define desc_cache_put(vq, desc, n) \
> > +       __desc_cache_put(vq, (struct list_head *)desc, n)
> > +
> > +static void *desc_cache_get(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> > +                           int size, int n, gfp_t gfp)
> > +{
> > +       struct list_head *node;
> > +
> > +       if (n > vq->desc_cache_thr)
> > +               return kmalloc_array(n, size, gfp);
> > +
> > +       if (!list_empty(&vq->desc_cache)) {
> > +               node = vq->desc_cache.next;
> > +               list_del(node);
> > +               return node;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       return kmalloc_array(vq->desc_cache_thr, size, gfp);
>
> Instead of doing the if .. kmalloc_array here. I wonder if we can
> simply pre-allocate per buffer indirect descriptors array.
>
> E.g if we use MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1, it will be ~64KB for 256 queue size
> and ~272KB for 1024 queue size.
>
> Then we avoid list manipulation and kmalloc in datapath with much more
> simpler codes.

Yes, this is a good idea.

Thanks.

>
> Thanks
>
> > +}
> > +
> > +#define _desc_cache_get(vq, n, gfp, tp) \
> > +       ((tp *)desc_cache_get(vq, (sizeof(tp)), n, gfp))
> > +
> > +#define desc_cache_get_split(vq, n, gfp) \
> > +       _desc_cache_get(vq, n, gfp, struct vring_desc)
> > +
> > +static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect_split(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> >                                                unsigned int total_sg,
> >                                                gfp_t gfp)
> >  {
> > @@ -437,12 +492,12 @@ static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> >          */
> >         gfp &= ~__GFP_HIGHMEM;
> >
> > -       desc = kmalloc_array(total_sg, sizeof(struct vring_desc), gfp);
> > +       desc = desc_cache_get_split(vq, total_sg, gfp);
> >         if (!desc)
> >                 return NULL;
> >
> >         for (i = 0; i < total_sg; i++)
> > -               desc[i].next = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, i + 1);
> > +               desc[i].next = cpu_to_virtio16(vq->vq.vdev, i + 1);
> >         return desc;
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -508,7 +563,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> >         head = vq->free_head;
> >
> >         if (virtqueue_use_indirect(_vq, total_sg))
> > -               desc = alloc_indirect_split(_vq, total_sg, gfp);
> > +               desc = alloc_indirect_split(vq, total_sg, gfp);
> >         else {
> >                 desc = NULL;
> >                 WARN_ON_ONCE(total_sg > vq->split.vring.num && !vq->indirect);
> > @@ -652,7 +707,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> >         }
> >
> >         if (indirect)
> > -               kfree(desc);
> > +               desc_cache_put(vq, desc, total_sg);
> >
> >         END_USE(vq);
> >         return -ENOMEM;
> > @@ -717,7 +772,7 @@ static void detach_buf_split(struct vring_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head,
> >         if (vq->indirect) {
> >                 struct vring_desc *indir_desc =
> >                                 vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc;
> > -               u32 len;
> > +               u32 len, n;
> >
> >                 /* Free the indirect table, if any, now that it's unmapped. */
> >                 if (!indir_desc)
> > @@ -729,10 +784,12 @@ static void detach_buf_split(struct vring_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head,
> >                                 VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT));
> >                 BUG_ON(len == 0 || len % sizeof(struct vring_desc));
> >
> > -               for (j = 0; j < len / sizeof(struct vring_desc); j++)
> > +               n = len / sizeof(struct vring_desc);
> > +
> > +               for (j = 0; j < n; j++)
> >                         vring_unmap_one_split_indirect(vq, &indir_desc[j]);
> >
> > -               kfree(indir_desc);
> > +               desc_cache_put(vq, indir_desc, n);
> >                 vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc = NULL;
> >         } else if (ctx) {
> >                 *ctx = vq->split.desc_state[head].indir_desc;
> > @@ -2199,6 +2256,9 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index,
> >         vq->indirect = virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC) &&
> >                 !context;
> >         vq->event = virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX);
> > +       vq->desc_cache_thr = vdev->desc_cache_thr;
> > +
> > +       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vq->desc_cache);
> >
> >         if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_ORDER_PLATFORM))
> >                 vq->weak_barriers = false;
> > @@ -2329,6 +2389,7 @@ void vring_del_virtqueue(struct virtqueue *_vq)
> >         if (!vq->packed_ring) {
> >                 kfree(vq->split.desc_state);
> >                 kfree(vq->split.desc_extra);
> > +               desc_cache_free(&vq->desc_cache);
> >         }
> >         kfree(vq);
> >  }
> > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
> > index 41edbc01ffa4..bda6f9853e97 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/virtio.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
> > @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct virtio_device {
> >         struct list_head vqs;
> >         u64 features;
> >         void *priv;
> > +       u32 desc_cache_thr;
> >  };
> >
> >  static inline struct virtio_device *dev_to_virtio(struct device *_dev)
> > @@ -130,6 +131,19 @@ int register_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> >  void unregister_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> >  bool is_virtio_device(struct device *dev);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * virtio_set_desc_cache - set virtio ring desc cache threshold
> > + *
> > + * virtio will cache the allocated indirect desc.
> > + *
> > + * This function must be called before find_vqs.
> > + *
> > + * @thr:
> > + *    0   - disable desc cache
> > + *    > 0 - enable desc cache. As the threshold of the desc cache.
> > + */
> > +void virtio_set_desc_cache(struct virtio_device *dev, u32 thr);
> > +
> >  void virtio_break_device(struct virtio_device *dev);
> >
> >  void virtio_config_changed(struct virtio_device *dev);
> > --
> > 2.31.0
> >
>
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