From: leo.jiang1224@foxmail.com
To: will@kernel.org
Cc: robin.murphy@arm.com, joro@8bytes.org, iommu@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
LoserJL <leo.jiang1224@foxmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Stop queue allocation retry at PAGE_SIZE
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:31:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tencent_F6E384A40D990A279B460A0CDE1927FDF509@qq.com> (raw)
From: LoserJL <leo.jiang1224@foxmail.com>
In arm_smmu_init_one_queue(), the loop reduces max_n_shift if
dmam_alloc_coherent() fails. However, since dmam_alloc_coherent()
allocates at least PAGE_SIZE, retrying with a smaller size after
a PAGE_SIZE failure is logically redundant.
Moreover, if a sub-page retry were to succeed due to concurrent memory
release, the hardware would be configured with a smaller queue depth
despite a full page being allocated. This leads to inefficient memory
usage and unnecessary hardware performance limitation.
Terminate the loop once qsz reaches PAGE_SIZE to ensure logical
consistency and optimal hardware configuration.
Signed-off-by: LoserJL <leo.jiang1224@foxmail.com>
---
drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
index e8d7dbe495f0..e0ec118ff560 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -4418,7 +4418,14 @@ int arm_smmu_init_one_queue(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu,
qsz = ((1 << q->llq.max_n_shift) * dwords) << 3;
q->base = dmam_alloc_coherent(smmu->dev, qsz, &q->base_dma,
GFP_KERNEL);
- if (q->base || qsz < PAGE_SIZE)
+ /*
+ * If allocation succeeds, we're done. If it fails, only retry
+ * if the requested size is still larger than a page. Since
+ * dmam_alloc_coherent() allocates at least PAGE_SIZE, retrying
+ * with a sub-page size is logically redundant and could lead
+ * to sub-optimal hardware configuration.
+ */
+ if (q->base || qsz <= PAGE_SIZE)
break;
q->llq.max_n_shift--;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-18 5:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-18 5:31 leo.jiang1224 [this message]
2026-04-21 15:26 ` [PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Stop queue allocation retry at PAGE_SIZE Will Deacon
2026-04-21 15:56 ` Robin Murphy
2026-04-21 16:38 ` Will Deacon
2026-04-22 9:13 ` Leo Jiang
2026-04-22 9:28 ` [PATCH v2] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Limit queue allocation retry boundary to PAGE_SIZE Leo Jiang
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