On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 09:59:21PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote:
> Port IO instructions (PIO) are less efficient than MMIO (memory
> mapped I/O). They require twice as many PCI accesses and PIO
> instructions are serializing. As a result, MMIO should be preferred
> when possible over PIO.
>
> Bare metal test result
> 1 million reads using raw_pci_read() took:
> PIO: 0.433153 Sec.
> MMIO: 0.268792 Sec.
>
> Virtual Machine test result
> 1 hundred thousand reads using raw_pci_read() took:
> PIO: 12.809 Sec.
> MMIO: took 8.517 Sec.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ajay Kaher <akaher@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/pci/common.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/common.c b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
> index 3507f456f..0b3383d9c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/pci/common.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
> @@ -40,20 +40,20 @@ const struct pci_raw_ops *__read_mostly raw_pci_ext_ops;
> int raw_pci_read(unsigned int domain, unsigned int bus, unsigned int devfn,
> int reg, int len, u32 *val)
> {
> + if (raw_pci_ext_ops)
> + return raw_pci_ext_ops->read(domain, bus, devfn, reg, len, val);
> if (domain == 0 && reg < 256 && raw_pci_ops)
> return raw_pci_ops->read(domain, bus, devfn, reg, len, val);
> - if (raw_pci_ext_ops)
> - return raw_pci_ext_ops->read(domain, bus, devfn, reg, len, val);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> int raw_pci_write(unsigned int domain, unsigned int bus, unsigned int devfn,
> int reg, int len, u32 val)
> {
> + if (raw_pci_ext_ops)
> + return raw_pci_ext_ops->write(domain, bus, devfn, reg, len, val);
> if (domain == 0 && reg < 256 && raw_pci_ops)
> return raw_pci_ops->write(domain, bus, devfn, reg, len, val);
> - if (raw_pci_ext_ops)
> - return raw_pci_ext_ops->write(domain, bus, devfn, reg, len, val);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> --
> 2.30.0
>
<formletter>
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.
</formletter>
