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From: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
To: Wei Yang <weiyang@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux•vnet.ibm.com>,
	aik@ozlabs•ru, benh@kernel•crashing.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 6/6] powerpc/powernv: allocate discrete PE# when using M64 BAR in Single PE mode
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 13:43:01 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150807034301.GA8624@gwshan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150807023333.GH8292@richard>

On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 10:33:33AM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 11:36:56AM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>>On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 09:41:41PM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
>>>On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 03:36:01PM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>>>>On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 09:25:03AM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
>>>>>When M64 BAR is set to Single PE mode, the PE# assigned to VF could be
>>>>>discrete.
>>>>>
>>>>>This patch restructures the patch to allocate discrete PE# for VFs when M64
>>>>>BAR is set to Single PE mode.
>>>>>
>>>>>Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <weiyang@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
>>>>>---
>>>>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h     |    2 +-
>>>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c |   69 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>>>> 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
>>>>>index 8aeba4c..72415c7 100644
>>>>>--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
>>>>>+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h
>>>>>@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ struct pci_dn {
>>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
>>>>> 	u16     vfs_expanded;		/* number of VFs IOV BAR expanded */
>>>>> 	u16     num_vfs;		/* number of VFs enabled*/
>>>>>-	int     offset;			/* PE# for the first VF PE */
>>>>>+	int     *offset;		/* PE# for the first VF PE or array */
>>>>> 	bool    m64_single_mode;	/* Use M64 BAR in Single Mode */
>>>>> #define IODA_INVALID_M64        (-1)
>>>>> 	int     (*m64_map)[PCI_SRIOV_NUM_BARS];
>>>>
>>>>how about renaming "offset" to "pe_num_map", or "pe_map" ? Similar to the comments
>>>>I gave to the "m64_bar_map", num_of_max_vfs entries can be allocated. Though not
>>>>all of them will be used, not too much memory will be wasted.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for your comment.
>>>
>>>I have thought about change the name to make it more self explain. While
>>>another fact I want to take in is this field is also used to be reflect the
>>>shift offset when M64 BAR is used in the Shared Mode. So I maintain the name.
>>>
>>>How about use "enum", one maintain the name "offset", and another one rename to
>>>"pe_num_map". And use the meaningful name at proper place?
>>>
>
>So I suppose you agree with my naming proposal.
>

No, I dislike the "enum" things.

>>
>>Ok. I'm explaining it with more details. There are two cases: single vs shared
>>mode. When PHB M64 BARs run in single mode, you need an array to track the
>>allocated discrete PE#. The VF_index is the index to the array. When PHB M64
>>BARs run in shared mode, you need continuous PE#. No array required for this
>>case. Instead, the starting PE# should be stored to somewhere, which can
>>be pdn->offset[0] simply.
>>
>>So when allocating memory for this array, you just simply allocate (sizeof(*pdn->offset)
>>*max_vf_num) no matter what mode PHB's M64 BARs will run in. The point is nobody
>>can enable (max_vf_num + 1) VFs.
>
>The max_vf_num is 15?
>

I don't understand why you said: the max_vf_num is 15. Since max_vf_num is variable
on different PFs, how can it be fixed value - 15 ?

>>
>>With above way, the arrays for PE# and M64 BAR remapping needn't be allocated
>>when enabling SRIOV capability and releasing on disabling SRIOV capability.
>>Instead, those two arrays can be allocated during resource fixup time and free'ed
>>when destroying the pdn.
>>
>
>My same point of view like previous, if the memory is not in the concern, how
>about define them static?
>

It's a bad idea from my review. How many entries this array is going to have?
256 * NUM_OF_MAX_VF_BARS ?

>And for the long term, we may support more VFs. Then at that moment, we need
>to restructure the code to meet it.
>
>So I suggest if we want to allocate it dynamically, we allocate the exact
>number of space.
>

Fine... it can be improved when it has to be, as you said.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-07  3:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-29  7:22 [PATCH] powerpc/powernv: use one M64 BAR in Single PE mode for one VF BAR Wei Yang
2015-07-30  1:15 ` Gavin Shan
2015-07-30  5:43   ` Wei Yang
2015-07-31  0:13     ` Gavin Shan
2015-07-31  2:01       ` Wei Yang
2015-08-05  1:24         ` [PATCH V2 0/6] Redesign SR-IOV on PowerNV Wei Yang
2015-08-05  1:24           ` [PATCH V2 1/6] powerpc/powernv: don't enable SRIOV when VF BAR contains non M64 BAR Wei Yang
2015-08-06  4:35             ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-06  6:10               ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-06  6:57                 ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-06  7:47                   ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-06 11:07                     ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-06 14:13                     ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  1:24                       ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-06 14:10               ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  1:20                 ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-07  2:24                   ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  3:50                     ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-07  7:14                     ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-10  1:40                       ` Wei Yang
2015-08-05  1:24           ` [PATCH V2 2/6] powerpc/powernv: simplify the calculation of iov resource Wei Yang
2015-08-06  4:51             ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-06  9:00               ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-06  9:41                 ` Wei Yang
2015-08-06 10:15                   ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-07  1:36                     ` Wei Yang
2015-08-06 13:49               ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  1:08                 ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-05  1:25           ` [PATCH V2 3/6] powerpc/powernv: use one M64 BAR in Single PE mode for one VF BAR Wei Yang
2015-08-06  5:20             ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-06  9:36               ` Wei Yang
2015-08-06 10:07                 ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-07  1:48                   ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  8:13                     ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-06 10:04             ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-07  2:01               ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  8:59                 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-10  1:48                   ` Wei Yang
2015-08-05  1:25           ` [PATCH V2 4/6] powerpc/powernv: replace the hard coded boundary with gate Wei Yang
2015-08-06  5:26             ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-07  9:11               ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2015-08-05  1:25           ` [PATCH V2 5/6] powerpc/powernv: boundary the total vf bar size instead of the individual one Wei Yang
2015-08-06  5:28             ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-06 14:03               ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  1:23                 ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-07  2:25                   ` Wei Yang
2015-08-05  1:25           ` [PATCH V2 6/6] powerpc/powernv: allocate discrete PE# when using M64 BAR in Single PE mode Wei Yang
2015-08-06  5:36             ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-06 13:41               ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  1:36                 ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-07  2:33                   ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  3:43                     ` Gavin Shan [this message]
2015-08-07  5:44                       ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07  5:54                         ` Gavin Shan
2015-08-07  6:25                           ` Wei Yang
2015-08-07 10:00                           ` Alexey Kardashevskiy

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