On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 04:56:45PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> virtqueue_add() populates the virtqueue descriptor table from the sgs
> given.  If it uses an indirect descriptor table, then it puts a single
> descriptor in the descriptor table pointing to the kmalloc'ed indirect
> table where the sg is populated.
> 
> Previously vring_add_indirect() did the allocation and the simple
> linear layout.  We replace that with alloc_indirect() which allocates
> the indirect table then chains it like the normal descriptor table so
> we can reuse the core logic.
> 
> Before:
>       gcc 4.8.2: virtio_blk: stack used = 392
>       gcc 4.6.4: virtio_blk: stack used = 480
> 
> After:
>       gcc 4.8.2: virtio_blk: stack used = 408
>       gcc 4.6.4: virtio_blk: stack used = 432
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <ru...@rustcorp.com.au>
> ---
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 120 
> ++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)

It's nice that we have less code now but it's data path -
are you sure it's worth the performance cost?

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> index 5d29cd85d6cf..3adf5978b92b 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> @@ -107,18 +107,10 @@ struct vring_virtqueue
>  
>  #define to_vvq(_vq) container_of(_vq, struct vring_virtqueue, vq)
>  
> -/* Set up an indirect table of descriptors and add it to the queue. */
> -static inline int vring_add_indirect(struct vring_virtqueue *vq,
> -                                  struct scatterlist *sgs[],
> -                                  unsigned int total_sg,
> -                                  unsigned int out_sgs,
> -                                  unsigned int in_sgs,
> -                                  gfp_t gfp)
> +static struct vring_desc *alloc_indirect(unsigned int total_sg, gfp_t gfp)
>  {
> -     struct vring_desc *desc;
> -     unsigned head;
> -     struct scatterlist *sg;
> -     int i, n;
> +     struct vring_desc *desc;
> +     unsigned int i;
>  
>       /*
>        * We require lowmem mappings for the descriptors because
> @@ -130,51 +122,13 @@ static inline int vring_add_indirect(struct 
> vring_virtqueue *vq,
>       if (record_stack == current)
>               __asm__ __volatile__("movq %%rsp,%0" : "=g" (stack_top));
>  
> -     desc = kmalloc(total_sg * sizeof(struct vring_desc), gfp);
> -     if (!desc)
> -             return -ENOMEM;
> -
> -     /* Transfer entries from the sg lists into the indirect page */
> -     i = 0;
> -     for (n = 0; n < out_sgs; n++) {
> -             for (sg = sgs[n]; sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) {
> -                     desc[i].flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
> -                     desc[i].addr = sg_phys(sg);
> -                     desc[i].len = sg->length;
> -                     desc[i].next = i+1;
> -                     i++;
> -             }
> -     }
> -     for (; n < (out_sgs + in_sgs); n++) {
> -             for (sg = sgs[n]; sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) {
> -                     desc[i].flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT|VRING_DESC_F_WRITE;
> -                     desc[i].addr = sg_phys(sg);
> -                     desc[i].len = sg->length;
> -                     desc[i].next = i+1;
> -                     i++;
> -             }
> -     }
> -     BUG_ON(i != total_sg);
> -
> -     /* Last one doesn't continue. */
> -     desc[i-1].flags &= ~VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
> -     desc[i-1].next = 0;
> -
> -     /* We're about to use a buffer */
> -     vq->vq.num_free--;
> -
> -     /* Use a single buffer which doesn't continue */
> -     head = vq->free_head;
> -     vq->vring.desc[head].flags = VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT;
> -     vq->vring.desc[head].addr = virt_to_phys(desc);
> -     /* kmemleak gives a false positive, as it's hidden by virt_to_phys */
> -     kmemleak_ignore(desc);
> -     vq->vring.desc[head].len = i * sizeof(struct vring_desc);
> -
> -     /* Update free pointer */
> -     vq->free_head = vq->vring.desc[head].next;
> +     desc = kmalloc(total_sg * sizeof(struct vring_desc), gfp);
> +     if (!desc)
> +             return NULL;
>  
> -     return head;
> +     for (i = 0; i < total_sg; i++)
> +             desc[i].next = i+1;
> +     return desc;

Hmm we are doing an extra walk over descriptors here.
This might hurt performance esp for big descriptors.

>  }
>  
>  static inline int virtqueue_add(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> @@ -187,6 +141,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add(struct virtqueue *_vq,
>  {
>       struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
>       struct scatterlist *sg;
> +     struct vring_desc *desc = NULL;
>       unsigned int i, n, avail, uninitialized_var(prev);
>       int head;
>  
> @@ -212,18 +167,32 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add(struct virtqueue *_vq,
>       }
>  #endif
>  
> +     BUG_ON(total_sg > vq->vring.num);
> +     BUG_ON(total_sg == 0);
> +
> +     head = vq->free_head;
> +
>       /* If the host supports indirect descriptor tables, and we have multiple
>        * buffers, then go indirect. FIXME: tune this threshold */
> -     if (vq->indirect && total_sg > 1 && vq->vq.num_free) {
> -             head = vring_add_indirect(vq, sgs, total_sg, 
> -                                       out_sgs, in_sgs, gfp);
> -             if (likely(head >= 0))
> -                     goto add_head;
> +     if (vq->indirect && total_sg > 1 && vq->vq.num_free)
> +             desc = alloc_indirect(total_sg, gfp);

else desc = NULL will be a bit clearer won't it?

> +
> +     if (desc) {
> +             /* Use a single buffer which doesn't continue */
> +             vq->vring.desc[head].flags = VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT;
> +             vq->vring.desc[head].addr = virt_to_phys(desc);
> +             /* avoid kmemleak false positive (tis hidden by virt_to_phys) */
> +             kmemleak_ignore(desc);
> +             vq->vring.desc[head].len = total_sg * sizeof(struct vring_desc);
> +
> +             /* Set up rest to use this indirect table. */
> +             i = 0;
> +             total_sg = 1;
> +     } else {
> +             desc = vq->vring.desc;
> +             i = head;
>       }
>  
> -     BUG_ON(total_sg > vq->vring.num);
> -     BUG_ON(total_sg == 0);
> -
>       if (vq->vq.num_free < total_sg) {
>               pr_debug("Can't add buf len %i - avail = %i\n",
>                        total_sg, vq->vq.num_free);
> @@ -239,32 +208,33 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add(struct virtqueue *_vq,
>       /* We're about to use some buffers from the free list. */
>       vq->vq.num_free -= total_sg;
>  
> -     head = i = vq->free_head;
>       for (n = 0; n < out_sgs; n++) {
>               for (sg = sgs[n]; sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) {
> -                     vq->vring.desc[i].flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
> -                     vq->vring.desc[i].addr = sg_phys(sg);
> -                     vq->vring.desc[i].len = sg->length;
> +                     desc[i].flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
> +                     desc[i].addr = sg_phys(sg);
> +                     desc[i].len = sg->length;
>                       prev = i;
> -                     i = vq->vring.desc[i].next;
> +                     i = desc[i].next;
>               }
>       }
>       for (; n < (out_sgs + in_sgs); n++) {
>               for (sg = sgs[n]; sg; sg = sg_next(sg)) {
> -                     vq->vring.desc[i].flags = 
> VRING_DESC_F_NEXT|VRING_DESC_F_WRITE;
> -                     vq->vring.desc[i].addr = sg_phys(sg);
> -                     vq->vring.desc[i].len = sg->length;
> +                     desc[i].flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT|VRING_DESC_F_WRITE;
> +                     desc[i].addr = sg_phys(sg);
> +                     desc[i].len = sg->length;
>                       prev = i;
> -                     i = vq->vring.desc[i].next;
> +                     i = desc[i].next;
>               }
>       }
>       /* Last one doesn't continue. */
> -     vq->vring.desc[prev].flags &= ~VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
> +     desc[prev].flags &= ~VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
>  
>       /* Update free pointer */
> -     vq->free_head = i;
> +     if (desc == vq->vring.desc)
> +             vq->free_head = i;
> +     else
> +             vq->free_head = vq->vring.desc[head].next;

This one is slightly ugly isn't it?


>  
> -add_head:
>       /* Set token. */
>       vq->data[head] = data;
>  
> -- 
> 1.9.1
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