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Tsirkin" To: Zhu Lingshan Cc: David Woodhouse , virtio-comment@lists.linux.dev, hch@infradead.org, Claire Chang , linux-devicetree , Rob Herring , =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg?= Roedel , iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, graf@amazon.de Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] transport-pci: Add SWIOTLB bounce buffer capability Message-ID: <20250403041519-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20250402112410.2086892-1-dwmw2@infradead.org> <20250402112410.2086892-4-dwmw2@infradead.org> <20250403032152-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <9635c502-3635-4875-ae1f-53b4b7aed855@amd.com> <20250403033718-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 04:12:20PM +0800, Zhu Lingshan wrote: > On 4/3/2025 3:37 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 03:36:04PM +0800, Zhu Lingshan wrote: > >> On 4/3/2025 3:27 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > >>> On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 12:04:47PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > >>>> From: David Woodhouse > >>>> > >>>> Add a VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_SWIOTLB capability which advertises a SWIOTLB bounce > >>>> buffer similar to the existing `restricted-dma-pool` device-tree feature. > >>>> > >>>> The difference is that this is per-device; each device needs to have its > >>>> own. Perhaps we should add a UUID to the capability, and have a way for > >>>> a device to not *provide* its own buffer, but just to reference the UUID > >>>> of a buffer elsewhere? > >>>> > >>>> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse > >>>> --- > >>>> transport-pci.tex | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >>>> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) > >>>> > >>>> diff --git a/transport-pci.tex b/transport-pci.tex > >>>> index a5c6719..23e0d57 100644 > >>>> --- a/transport-pci.tex > >>>> +++ b/transport-pci.tex > >>>> @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ \subsection{Virtio Structure PCI Capabilities}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Option > >>>> \item ISR Status > >>>> \item Device-specific configuration (optional) > >>>> \item PCI configuration access > >>>> +\item SWIOTLB bounce buffer > >>>> \end{itemize} > >>>> > >>>> Each structure can be mapped by a Base Address register (BAR) belonging to > >>>> @@ -188,6 +189,8 @@ \subsection{Virtio Structure PCI Capabilities}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Option > >>>> #define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_SHARED_MEMORY_CFG 8 > >>>> /* Vendor-specific data */ > >>>> #define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_VENDOR_CFG 9 > >>>> +/* Software IOTLB bounce buffer */ > >>>> +#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_SWIOTLB 10 > >>>> \end{lstlisting} > >>>> > >>>> Any other value is reserved for future use. > >>>> @@ -744,6 +747,36 @@ \subsubsection{Vendor data capability}\label{sec:Virtio > >>>> The driver MUST qualify the \field{vendor_id} before > >>>> interpreting or writing into the Vendor data capability. > >>>> > >>>> +\subsubsection{Software IOTLB bounce buffer capability}\label{sec:Virtio > >>>> +Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI Bus / PCI Device Layout / > >>>> +Software IOTLB bounce buffer capability} > >>>> + > >>>> +The optional Software IOTLB bounce buffer capability allows the > >>>> +device to provide a memory region which can be used by the driver > >>>> +driver for bounce buffering. This allows a device on the PCI > >>>> +transport to operate without DMA access to system memory addresses. > >>>> + > >>>> +The Software IOTLB region is referenced by the > >>>> +VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_SWIOTLB capability. Bus addresses within the referenced > >>>> +range are not subject to the requirements of the VIRTIO_F_ORDER_PLATFORM > >>>> +capability, if negotiated. > >>>> + > >>>> +\devicenormative{\paragraph}{Software IOTLB bounce buffer capability}{Virtio > >>>> +Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI Bus / PCI Device Layout / > >>>> +Software IOTLB bounce buffer capability} > >>>> + > >>>> +Devices which present the Software IOTLB bounce buffer capability > >>>> +SHOULD also offer the VIRTIO_F_SWIOTLB feature. > >>>> + > >>>> +\drivernormative{\paragraph}{Software IOTLB bounce buffer capability}{Virtio > >>>> +Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI Bus / PCI Device Layout / > >>>> +Software IOTLB bounce buffer capability} > >>>> + > >>>> +The driver SHOULD use the offered buffer in preference to passing system > >>>> +memory addresses to the device. If the driver accepts the VIRTIO_F_SWIOTLB > >>>> +feature, then the driver MUST use the offered buffer and never pass system > >>>> +memory addresses to the device. > >>>> + > >>>> \subsubsection{PCI configuration access capability}\label{sec:Virtio Transport Options / Virtio Over PCI Bus / PCI Device Layout / PCI configuration access capability} > >>>> > >>>> The VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_PCI_CFG capability > >>>> -- > >>>> 2.49.0 > >>>> > >>> > >>> So on the PCI option. The normal mapping (ioremap) for BAR is uncached. If done > >>> like this, performance will suffer. But if you do normal WB, since device > >> and this even possibly can cause TLB thrashing.... which is a worse case. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Zhu Lingshan > > > > Hmm which TLB? I don't get it. > CPU TLB, because a device side bounce buffer design requires mapping > device memory to CPU address space, so that CPU to help copy data, > and causing a more frequent TLB switch. Lost me here. It's mapped, why switch? > TLB thrashing will occur when many devices doing DMA through > the device side bounce buffer, or scattered DMA. Yea I don't think this idea even works. Each device can only use its own swiotlb. > If the bounce buffer resides in the hypervisor, for example QEMU, > then TLB switch while QEMU process context switch which already occur all the time. > > Thanks > Zhu Lingshan > > > >>> accesses do not go on the bus, they do not get synchronized with driver > >>> writes and there's really no way to synchronize them. > >>> > >>> First, this needs to be addressed. > >>> > >>> In this age of accelerators for everything, building pci based > >>> interfaces that can't be efficiently accelerated seems shortsighted ... > >>>