Re: [PATCH v2 for-next] RDMA/core: Get IB width and speed from netdev

Junxian Huang
2023-06-19T09:45:06Z

On 2023/6/19 17:15, Mark Zhang wrote:
> On 6/19/2023 2:20 PM, Junxian Huang wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2023/6/12 1:46, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 02:38:33PM +0800, Junxian Huang wrote:
>>>> From: Haoyue Xu <xuhaoyue1@hisilicon.com>
>>>>
>>>> Previously, there was no way to query the number of lanes for a network
>>>> card, so the same netdev_speed would result in a fixed pair of width and
>>>> speed. As network card specifications become more diverse, such fixed
>>>> mode is no longer suitable, so a method is needed to obtain the correct
>>>> width and speed based on the number of lanes.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry but I didn't understand the problem statement. Can you please
>>> provide an example of configuration that will give different results
>>> before this patch and after?
>>>
>>
>> I'll give examples with 20G and 200G netdevs respectively.
>>
>> 20G:
>> Before this patch, regardless of the actual number of lanes, the width and
>> speed displayed in ibv_devinfo would be always fixed:
>>     active_width: 4X
>>     active_speed: 5 Gbps
>> After this patch, there will be different combinations of width and speed
>> according to the number of lanes. For example, for a 20G netdev whose number
>> of lanes is 2, the width and speed displayed in ibv_devinfo will be:
>>     active_width: 2X
>>     active_speed: 10 Gbps
>>
>> 200G:
>> Before this patch, netdevs with netdev_speed more than 40G cannot get a right
>> width and speed in ibv_devinfo. Only the default result would be displayed:
>>     active_width: 4X
>>     active_speed: 25 Gbps
>> After this patch, taking an example with 4 lanes, the displayed results will be:
>>     active_width: 4X
>>     active_speed: 50 Gbps
>
> Can we use ib_query_port() instead of __ethtool_get_link_ksettings()?
>   width = attr.active_width;
>   speed = ib_speed_enum_to_int(attr.active_speed) *
>       ib_width_enum_to_int(attr.active_width);
>
>

I don't think so. Actually, active_width and active_speed in ib_query_port() are
ultimately derived from ib_get_eth_speed() in many vendors' driver.

Junxian

>>>>
>>>> This patch retrieves netdev lanes and speed from net_device and
>>>> translates them to IB width and speed. Also, add a generic function
>>>> to translating netdev speed to IB speed.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Haoyue Xu <xuhaoyue1@hisilicon.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Luoyouming <luoyouming@huawei.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Junxian Huang <huangjunxian6@hisilicon.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>   drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>>>>   include/rdma/ib_verbs.h         | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>   2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
>>>> index b99b3cc283b6..35f1b670600a 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
>>>> @@ -1880,11 +1880,19 @@ int ib_modify_qp_with_udata(struct ib_qp *ib_qp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
>>>>   }
>>>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_modify_qp_with_udata);
>>>>   +static void ib_get_width_and_speed(u32 netdev_speed, u32 lanes,
>>>> +                   u16 *speed, u8 *width)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    *width = ib_int_to_ib_width(lanes);
>>>> +    *speed = ib_eth_to_ib_speed(netdev_speed / lanes);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>   int ib_get_eth_speed(struct ib_device *dev, u32 port_num, u16 *speed, u8 *width)
>>>>   {
>>>>       int rc;
>>>>       u32 netdev_speed;
>>>>       struct net_device *netdev;
>>>> +    bool cap_link_lanes_supported;
>>>>       struct ethtool_link_ksettings lksettings;
>>>>         if (rdma_port_get_link_layer(dev, port_num) != IB_LINK_LAYER_ETHERNET)
>>>> @@ -1896,16 +1904,23 @@ int ib_get_eth_speed(struct ib_device *dev, u32 port_num, u16 *speed, u8 *width)
>>>>         rtnl_lock();
>>>>       rc = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(netdev, &lksettings);
>>>> +    cap_link_lanes_supported = netdev->ethtool_ops->cap_link_lanes_supported;
>>>>       rtnl_unlock();
>>>>         dev_put(netdev);
>>>>         if (!rc && lksettings.base.speed != (u32)SPEED_UNKNOWN) {
>>>>           netdev_speed = lksettings.base.speed;
>>>> +        if (cap_link_lanes_supported && lksettings.lanes) {
>>>
>>> According to the documentation cap_link_lanes_supported defines if
>>> number of lanes can be supplied by user and I would expect from
>>> __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() to get right numbers after it was
>>> changed.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>> I'm sorry but I didn't quite understand. Do you mean the critical section of
>> rtnl_lock() here should be expanded to make sure getting the right number of
>> lanes?
>>
>> Junxian
>>
>>>> +            ib_get_width_and_speed(netdev_speed, lksettings.lanes,
>>>> +                           speed, width);
>>>> +            return 0;
>>>> +        }
>>>>       } else {
>>>>           netdev_speed = SPEED_1000;
>>>> -        pr_warn("%s speed is unknown, defaulting to %u\n", netdev->name,
>>>> -            netdev_speed);
>>>> +        if (rc)
>>>> +            pr_warn("%s speed is unknown, defaulting to %u\n",
>>>> +                netdev->name, netdev_speed);
>>>>       }
>>>>         if (netdev_speed <= SPEED_1000) {
>>>> diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
>>>> index 1e7774ac808f..7dc926ec7fee 100644
>>>> --- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
>>>> +++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
>>>> @@ -552,6 +552,18 @@ static inline int ib_width_enum_to_int(enum ib_port_width width)
>>>>       }
>>>>   }
>>>>   +static inline int ib_int_to_ib_width(u32 lanes)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    switch (lanes) {
>>>> +    case 1: return IB_WIDTH_1X;
>>>> +    case 2: return IB_WIDTH_2X;
>>>> +    case 4: return IB_WIDTH_4X;
>>>> +    case 8: return IB_WIDTH_8X;
>>>> +    case 12: return IB_WIDTH_12X;
>>>> +    default: return IB_WIDTH_1X;
>>>> +    }
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>   enum ib_port_speed {
>>>>       IB_SPEED_SDR    = 1,
>>>>       IB_SPEED_DDR    = 2,
>>>> @@ -563,6 +575,20 @@ enum ib_port_speed {
>>>>       IB_SPEED_NDR    = 128,
>>>>   };
>>>>   +static inline int ib_eth_to_ib_speed(u32 speed)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    switch (speed) {
>>>> +    case SPEED_2500: return IB_SPEED_SDR;
>>>> +    case SPEED_5000: return IB_SPEED_DDR;
>>>> +    case SPEED_10000: return IB_SPEED_FDR10;
>>>> +    case SPEED_14000: return IB_SPEED_FDR;
>>>> +    case SPEED_25000: return IB_SPEED_EDR;
>>>> +    case SPEED_50000: return IB_SPEED_HDR;
>>>> +    case SPEED_100000: return IB_SPEED_NDR;
>>>> +    default: return IB_SPEED_SDR;
>>>> +    }
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>   enum ib_stat_flag {
>>>>       IB_STAT_FLAG_OPTIONAL = 1 << 0,
>>>>   };
>>>> --
>>>> 2.30.0
>>>>
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