From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
"Leon Romanovsky" <leon@kernel.org>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
"John Fastabend" <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
<netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>,
<bpf@vger.kernel.org>, Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>,
Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>,
Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 07/10] net/mlx5e: Use multiple TX doorbells
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:24:48 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1757499891-596641-8-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1757499891-596641-1-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com>
From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
First, allocate more doorbells in mlx5e_create_mdev_resources:
- one doorbell remains 'global' and will be used by all non-channel
associated SQs (e.g. ASO, HWS, PTP, ...).
- allocate additional 'num_doorbells' doorbells. This defaults to
minimum between 8 and max number of channels.
mlx5e_channel_pick_doorbell() now spreads out channel SQs across
available doorbells.
Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_common.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 11 ++++++-
include/linux/mlx5/driver.h | 4 +++
3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_common.c
index e9e36358c39d..d13cebbc763a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_common.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static int mlx5e_create_tises(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 tisn[MLX5_MAX_PORT
int mlx5e_create_mdev_resources(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, bool create_tises)
{
struct mlx5e_hw_objs *res = &mdev->mlx5e_res.hw_objs;
+ unsigned int num_doorbells, i;
int err;
err = mlx5_core_alloc_pd(mdev, &res->pdn);
@@ -163,11 +164,30 @@ int mlx5e_create_mdev_resources(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, bool create_tises)
goto err_dealloc_transport_domain;
}
+ num_doorbells = min(MLX5_DEFAULT_NUM_DOORBELLS,
+ mlx5e_get_max_num_channels(mdev));
+ res->bfregs = kcalloc(num_doorbells, sizeof(*res->bfregs), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!res->bfregs) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_destroy_mkey;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < num_doorbells; i++) {
+ err = mlx5_alloc_bfreg(mdev, res->bfregs + i, false, false);
+ if (err) {
+ mlx5_core_warn(mdev,
+ "could only allocate %d/%d doorbells, err %d.\n",
+ i, num_doorbells, err);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ res->num_bfregs = i;
+
if (create_tises) {
err = mlx5e_create_tises(mdev, res->tisn);
if (err) {
mlx5_core_err(mdev, "alloc tises failed, %d\n", err);
- goto err_destroy_mkey;
+ goto err_destroy_bfregs;
}
res->tisn_valid = true;
}
@@ -184,6 +204,10 @@ int mlx5e_create_mdev_resources(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, bool create_tises)
return 0;
+err_destroy_bfregs:
+ for (i = 0; i < res->num_bfregs; i++)
+ mlx5_free_bfreg(mdev, res->bfregs + i);
+ kfree(res->bfregs);
err_destroy_mkey:
mlx5_core_destroy_mkey(mdev, res->mkey);
err_dealloc_transport_domain:
@@ -201,6 +225,9 @@ void mlx5e_destroy_mdev_resources(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
mdev->mlx5e_res.dek_priv = NULL;
if (res->tisn_valid)
mlx5e_destroy_tises(mdev, res->tisn);
+ for (unsigned int i = 0; i < res->num_bfregs; i++)
+ mlx5_free_bfreg(mdev, res->bfregs + i);
+ kfree(res->bfregs);
mlx5_core_destroy_mkey(mdev, res->mkey);
mlx5_core_dealloc_transport_domain(mdev, res->td.tdn);
mlx5_core_dealloc_pd(mdev, res->pdn);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index ef7598e048b2..4dee4c6d048d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -2748,7 +2748,16 @@ void mlx5e_trigger_napi_sched(struct napi_struct *napi)
static void mlx5e_channel_pick_doorbell(struct mlx5e_channel *c)
{
- c->bfreg = &c->mdev->priv.bfreg;
+ struct mlx5e_hw_objs *hw_objs = &c->mdev->mlx5e_res.hw_objs;
+
+ /* No dedicated Ethernet doorbells, use the global one. */
+ if (hw_objs->num_bfregs == 0) {
+ c->bfreg = &c->mdev->priv.bfreg;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Round-robin between doorbells. */
+ c->bfreg = hw_objs->bfregs + c->vec_ix % hw_objs->num_bfregs;
}
static int mlx5e_open_channel(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, int ix,
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 15c434fedff7..99b34e4809ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ struct mlx5e_resources {
u32 pdn;
struct mlx5_td td;
u32 mkey;
+ struct mlx5_sq_bfreg *bfregs;
+ unsigned int num_bfregs;
#define MLX5_MAX_NUM_TC 8
u32 tisn[MLX5_MAX_PORTS][MLX5_MAX_NUM_TC];
bool tisn_valid;
@@ -801,6 +803,8 @@ struct mlx5_db {
int index;
};
+#define MLX5_DEFAULT_NUM_DOORBELLS 8
+
enum {
MLX5_COMP_EQ_SIZE = 1024,
};
--
2.31.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-10 10:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-10 10:24 [PATCH net-next 00/10] net/mlx5e: Use multiple doorbells Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 01/10] net/mlx5: Fix typo of MLX5_EQ_DOORBEL_OFFSET Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 02/10] net/mlx5: Remove unused 'offset' field from mlx5_sq_bfreg Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 03/10] net/mlx5e: Remove unused 'xsk' param of mlx5e_build_xdpsq_param Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 04/10] net/mlx5: Store the global doorbell in mlx5_priv Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 05/10] net/mlx5e: Prepare for using multiple TX doorbells Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 06/10] net/mlx5e: Prepare for using different CQ doorbells Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` Tariq Toukan [this message]
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 08/10] net/mlx5e: Use multiple " Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 09/10] devlink: Add a 'num_doorbells' driverinit param Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 10:24 ` [PATCH net-next 10/10] net/mlx5e: Use the 'num_doorbells' devlink param Tariq Toukan
2025-09-10 16:16 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2025-09-10 16:23 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2025-09-16 8:32 ` Cosmin Ratiu
2025-09-10 17:23 ` Jakub Kicinski
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