From: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>
To: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
Frank Li <Frank.Li@kernel.org>, Allen Hubbe <allenbh@gmail.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>,
Nicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>
Cc: ntb@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 05/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Run RX processing on system workqueue
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:51:24 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260810165136.2292436-6-den@valinux.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260810165136.2292436-1-den@valinux.co.jp>
Doorbell interrupts run every QP's RX tasklet on the IRQ CPU. With
several queues, completion and replenishment work piles up there and DMA
channels can run dry.
Run per-QP RX processing on system_dfl_wq. The hard IRQ only queues
work, and independent QPs can run on different CPUs.
Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>
---
drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
index 4afad4489772..463ee6f17fcb 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ struct ntb_transport_qp {
unsigned int rx_max_frame;
unsigned int rx_alloc_entry;
dma_cookie_t last_cookie;
- struct tasklet_struct rxc_db_work;
+ struct work_struct rxc_db_work;
void (*event_handler)(void *data, int status);
struct delayed_work link_work;
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ enum {
#define NTB_QP_DEF_NUM_ENTRIES 100
#define NTB_LINK_DOWN_TIMEOUT 10
-static void ntb_transport_rxc_db(unsigned long data);
+static void ntb_transport_rxc_db(struct work_struct *work);
static const struct ntb_ctx_ops ntb_transport_ops;
static struct ntb_client ntb_transport_client;
static int ntb_async_tx_submit(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp,
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ntb_transport_isr(int irq, void *dev)
struct ntb_transport_qp *qp = dev;
if (qp->client_ready)
- tasklet_schedule(&qp->rxc_db_work);
+ queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &qp->rxc_db_work);
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ static void ntb_qp_link_work(struct work_struct *work)
qp->event_handler(qp->cb_data, qp->link_is_up);
if (qp->active)
- tasklet_schedule(&qp->rxc_db_work);
+ queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &qp->rxc_db_work);
} else if (nt->link_is_up)
schedule_delayed_work(&qp->link_work,
msecs_to_jiffies(NTB_LINK_DOWN_TIMEOUT));
@@ -1243,8 +1243,7 @@ static int ntb_transport_init_queue(struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qp->tx_free_q);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qp->tx_offl_q);
- tasklet_init(&qp->rxc_db_work, ntb_transport_rxc_db,
- (unsigned long)qp);
+ INIT_WORK(&qp->rxc_db_work, ntb_transport_rxc_db);
return 0;
}
@@ -1693,9 +1692,10 @@ static int ntb_process_rxc(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
return 0;
}
-static void ntb_transport_rxc_db(unsigned long data)
+static void ntb_transport_rxc_db(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct ntb_transport_qp *qp = (void *)data;
+ struct ntb_transport_qp *qp =
+ container_of(work, struct ntb_transport_qp, rxc_db_work);
int rc, i;
dev_dbg(&qp->ndev->pdev->dev, "%s: doorbell %d received\n",
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ static void ntb_transport_rxc_db(unsigned long data)
if (i == qp->rx_max_entry) {
/* there is more work to do */
if (qp->active)
- tasklet_schedule(&qp->rxc_db_work);
+ queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &qp->rxc_db_work);
} else if (ntb_db_read(qp->ndev) & BIT_ULL(qp->qp_num)) {
/* the doorbell bit is set: clear it */
ntb_db_clear(qp->ndev, BIT_ULL(qp->qp_num));
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ static void ntb_transport_rxc_db(unsigned long data)
* there might be some more work to do.
*/
if (qp->active)
- tasklet_schedule(&qp->rxc_db_work);
+ queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &qp->rxc_db_work);
}
}
@@ -2233,7 +2233,7 @@ void ntb_transport_free_queue(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
qp_bit = BIT_ULL(qp->qp_num);
ntb_db_set_mask(qp->ndev, qp_bit);
- tasklet_kill(&qp->rxc_db_work);
+ cancel_work_sync(&qp->rxc_db_work);
/* Catch cleanup queued while draining RX processing. */
cancel_work_sync(&qp->link_cleanup);
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ int ntb_transport_rx_enqueue(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp, void *cb, void *data,
ntb_list_add(&qp->ntb_rx_q_lock, &entry->entry, &qp->rx_pend_q);
if (qp->active)
- tasklet_schedule(&qp->rxc_db_work);
+ queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &qp->rxc_db_work);
return 0;
}
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ static void ntb_transport_doorbell_callback(void *data, int vector)
qp = &nt->qp_vec[qp_num];
if (qp->active)
- tasklet_schedule(&qp->rxc_db_work);
+ queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &qp->rxc_db_work);
db_bits &= ~BIT_ULL(qp_num);
}
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 16:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-10 16:51 [PATCH 00/16] NTB: Add direct TX/RX using PCI endpoint DMA Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 01/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Abort link setup on QP MW allocation failure Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 18:41 ` Frank Li
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 02/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Reject oversized TX buffers Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 03/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Start TX offload thread after queue setup Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 04/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Stop QP work before freeing a queue Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` Koichiro Den [this message]
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 06/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Define direct-DMA shared state Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 07/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Negotiate direct-DMA queue layout Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 08/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Add opt-in direct-DMA channel reservation Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 09/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Allocate direct-DMA queue state Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 10/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Implement direct-DMA QP session handshake Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 11/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Implement direct-DMA RX buffer publication Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 12/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Implement direct-DMA TX submission Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 13/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Implement safe direct-DMA teardown Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 14/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Enable direct-DMA queues Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 17:04 ` Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 15/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Report the direct-DMA payload limit Koichiro Den
2026-08-10 16:51 ` [PATCH 16/16] NTB: ntb_transport: Add optional polling for direct-DMA RX Koichiro Den
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