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authorMaxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@nvidia.com>2022-10-02 07:56:25 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-10-04 02:55:28 +0300
commitc6f0420468fb2e7bbe006ed492608d63a4ac9e28 (patch)
tree11aaabc9b8a43ffed81f5f621a815fb000876b98 /drivers
parent139213451046eb6653a058a8922796f29b267b0f (diff)
downloadlinux-c6f0420468fb2e7bbe006ed492608d63a4ac9e28.tar.xz
net/mlx5e: xsk: Print a warning in slow configurations
On striding RQ, when the XSK frame size doesn't match the MKey page size, KLM is used for memory mappings, which is a slower mechanism than MTT or KSM. It may happen in two cases: 1. Frame size is not a power of two (only possible in the unaligned mode of XSK). 2. Frame size is 2048 bytes, and the firmware doesn't support MKey pages smaller than 4096 bytes. Depending on the case, print a warning and recommend to disable striding RQ or upgrade the firmware. Signed-off-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/pool.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/pool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/pool.c
index 8b09e2f58a4d..ebada0c5af3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/pool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/pool.c
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ static int mlx5e_xsk_enable_locked(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
mlx5e_build_xsk_param(pool, &xsk);
+ if (priv->channels.params.rq_wq_type == MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ &&
+ mlx5e_mpwrq_umr_mode(priv->mdev, &xsk) == MLX5E_MPWRQ_UMR_MODE_OVERSIZED) {
+ const char *recommendation = is_power_of_2(xsk.chunk_size) ?
+ "Upgrade firmware" : "Disable striding RQ";
+
+ mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "Expected slowdown with XSK frame size %u. %s for better performance.\n",
+ xsk.chunk_size, recommendation);
+ }
+
if (!test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_OPENED, &priv->state)) {
/* XSK objects will be created on open. */
goto validate_closed;