linux/drivers
Jakub Kicinski c9448e828d mlx5-updates-2020-11-03
This series includes updates to mlx5 software steering component.
 
 1) Few improvements in the DR area, such as removing unneeded checks,
   renaming to better general names, refactor in some places, etc.
 
 2) Software steering (DR) Memory management improvements
 
 This patch series contains SW Steering memory management improvements:
 using buddy allocator instead of an existing bucket allocator, and
 several other optimizations.
 
 The buddy system is a memory allocation and management algorithm
 that manages memory in power of two increments.
 
 The algorithm is well-known and well-described, such as here:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_memory_allocation
 
 Linux uses this algorithm for managing and allocating physical pages,
 as described here:
 https://www.kernel.org/doc/gorman/html/understand/understand009.html
 
 In our case, although the algorithm in principal is similar to the
 Linux physical page allocator, the "building blocks" and the circumstances
 are different: in SW steering, buddy allocator doesn't really allocates
 a memory, but rather manages ICM (Interconnect Context Memory) that was
 previously allocated and registered.
 
 The ICM memory that is used in SW steering is always power
 of 2 (order), so buddy system is a good fit for this.
 
 Patches in this series:
 
 [PATH 4] net/mlx5: DR, Add buddy allocator utilities
   This patch adds a modified implementation of a well-known buddy allocator,
   adjusted for SW steering needs: the algorithm in principal is similar to
   the Linux physical page allocator, but in our case buddy allocator doesn't
   really allocate a memory, but rather manages ICM memory that was previously
   allocated and registered.
 
 [PATH 5] net/mlx5: DR, Handle ICM memory via buddy allocation instead of bucket management
   This patch changes ICM management of SW steering to use buddy-system mechanism
   Instead of the previous bucket management.
 
 [PATH 6] net/mlx5: DR, Sync chunks only during free
   This patch makes syncing happen only when freeing memory chunks.
 
 [PATH 7] net/mlx5: DR, ICM memory pools sync optimization
   This patch adds tracking of pool's "hot" memory and makes the
   check whether steering sync is required much shorter and faster.
 
 [PATH 8] net/mlx5: DR, Free buddy ICM memory if it is unused
   This patch adds tracking buddy's used ICM memory,
   and frees the buddy if all its memory becomes unused.
 
 3) Misc code cleanups
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Merge tag 'mlx5-updates-2020-11-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux

Saeed Mahameed says:

====================
mlx5-updates-2020-11-03

This series includes updates to mlx5 software steering component.

1) Few improvements in the DR area, such as removing unneeded checks,
  renaming to better general names, refactor in some places, etc.

2) Software steering (DR) Memory management improvements

This patch series contains SW Steering memory management improvements:
using buddy allocator instead of an existing bucket allocator, and
several other optimizations.

The buddy system is a memory allocation and management algorithm
that manages memory in power of two increments.

The algorithm is well-known and well-described, such as here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_memory_allocation

Linux uses this algorithm for managing and allocating physical pages,
as described here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/gorman/html/understand/understand009.html

In our case, although the algorithm in principal is similar to the
Linux physical page allocator, the "building blocks" and the circumstances
are different: in SW steering, buddy allocator doesn't really allocates
a memory, but rather manages ICM (Interconnect Context Memory) that was
previously allocated and registered.

The ICM memory that is used in SW steering is always power
of 2 (order), so buddy system is a good fit for this.

Patches in this series:

[PATH 4] net/mlx5: DR, Add buddy allocator utilities
  This patch adds a modified implementation of a well-known buddy allocator,
  adjusted for SW steering needs: the algorithm in principal is similar to
  the Linux physical page allocator, but in our case buddy allocator doesn't
  really allocate a memory, but rather manages ICM memory that was previously
  allocated and registered.

[PATH 5] net/mlx5: DR, Handle ICM memory via buddy allocation instead of bucket management
  This patch changes ICM management of SW steering to use buddy-system mechanism
  Instead of the previous bucket management.

[PATH 6] net/mlx5: DR, Sync chunks only during free
  This patch makes syncing happen only when freeing memory chunks.

[PATH 7] net/mlx5: DR, ICM memory pools sync optimization
  This patch adds tracking of pool's "hot" memory and makes the
  check whether steering sync is required much shorter and faster.

[PATH 8] net/mlx5: DR, Free buddy ICM memory if it is unused
  This patch adds tracking buddy's used ICM memory,
  and frees the buddy if all its memory becomes unused.

3) Misc code cleanups

* tag 'mlx5-updates-2020-11-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux:
  net: mlx5: Replace in_irq() usage
  net/mlx5: Cleanup kernel-doc warnings
  net/mlx4: Cleanup kernel-doc warnings
  net/mlx5e: Validate stop_room size upon user input
  net/mlx5: DR, Free unused buddy ICM memory
  net/mlx5: DR, ICM memory pools sync optimization
  net/mlx5: DR, Sync chunks only during free
  net/mlx5: DR, Handle ICM memory via buddy allocation instead of buckets
  net/mlx5: DR, Add buddy allocator utilities
  net/mlx5: DR, Rename matcher functions to be more HW agnostic
  net/mlx5: DR, Rename builders HW specific names
  net/mlx5: DR, Remove unused member of action struct
====================

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201105201242.21716-1-saeedm@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2020-11-05 18:01:31 -08:00
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acpi More ACPI updates for 5.10-rc1 2020-10-23 16:38:36 -07:00
amba
android task_work: cleanup notification modes 2020-10-17 15:05:30 -06:00
ata Merge branch 'parisc-5.10-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux 2020-10-25 10:59:34 -07:00
atm
auxdisplay
base More power management updates for 5.10-rc1 2020-10-23 16:27:03 -07:00
bcma
block xen: branch for v5.10-rc1c 2020-10-25 10:55:35 -07:00
bluetooth networking changes for the 5.10 merge window 2020-10-15 18:42:13 -07:00
bus bus: mhi: Add mhi_queue_is_full function 2020-11-05 16:54:01 -08:00
cdrom
char random32: make prandom_u32() output unpredictable 2020-10-24 20:21:57 +02:00
clk treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") 2020-10-25 14:51:49 -07:00
clocksource treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") 2020-10-25 14:51:49 -07:00
connector
counter
cpufreq ARM: SoC-related driver updates 2020-10-24 10:39:22 -07:00
cpuidle powerpc updates for 5.10 2020-10-16 12:21:15 -07:00
crypto crypto: caam: Replace in_irq() usage. 2020-11-03 17:41:38 -08:00
dax fuse update for 5.10 2020-10-19 14:28:30 -07:00
dca
devfreq
dio
dma ARM: SoC-related driver updates 2020-10-24 10:39:22 -07:00
dma-buf dma-mapping updates for 5.10 2020-10-15 14:43:29 -07:00
edac EFI changes for v5.10: 2020-10-12 13:26:49 -07:00
eisa
extcon
firewire
firmware ARM: SoC-related driver updates 2020-10-24 10:39:22 -07:00
fpga
fsi
gnss
gpio - New Drivers 2020-10-14 15:56:58 -07:00
gpu ARM: SoC-related driver updates 2020-10-24 10:39:22 -07:00
greybus
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hsi
hv Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-10-16 11:31:55 -07:00
hwmon ARM: SoC platform updates 2020-10-24 10:33:08 -07:00
hwspinlock
hwtracing intel_th: pci: Add Alder Lake CPU support 2020-10-05 12:43:54 +02:00
i2c i2c: core: Restore acpi_walk_dep_device_list() getting called after registering the ACPI i2c devs 2020-10-25 13:33:54 +01:00
i3c * Fix DAA for the pre-reserved address case 2020-10-17 11:01:01 -07:00
ide block-5.10-2020-10-12 2020-10-13 12:12:44 -07:00
idle intel_idle: Ignore _CST if control cannot be taken from the platform 2020-10-16 17:28:32 +02:00
iio chrome platform changes for 5.10 2020-10-23 10:54:13 -07:00
infiniband RDMA/qedr: Fix memory leak in iWARP CM 2020-10-28 09:45:25 -03:00
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interconnect
iommu IOMMU Fix for Linux v5.10: 2020-10-20 09:35:06 -07:00
ipack
irqchip treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") 2020-10-25 14:51:49 -07:00
isdn
leds leds: pwm: Remove platform_data support 2020-10-07 12:02:58 +02:00
lightnvm lightnvm: fix out-of-bounds write to array devices->info[] 2020-10-16 09:28:45 -06:00
macintosh powerpc updates for 5.10 2020-10-16 12:21:15 -07:00
mailbox ARM: SoC-related driver updates 2020-10-24 10:39:22 -07:00
mcb
md - Improve DM core's bio splitting to use blk_max_size_offset(). Also 2020-10-14 15:05:38 -07:00
media dma-mapping updates for 5.10 2020-10-15 14:43:29 -07:00
memory ARM: SoC-related driver updates 2020-10-24 10:39:22 -07:00
memstick
message SCSI misc on 20201013 2020-10-14 15:15:35 -07:00
mfd - New Drivers 2020-10-14 15:56:58 -07:00
misc pci-v5.10-changes 2020-10-22 12:41:00 -07:00
mmc ARM: SoC platform updates 2020-10-24 10:33:08 -07:00
most
mtd This pull request contains fixes for UBI and UBIFS 2020-10-18 09:56:50 -07:00
mux
net mlx5-updates-2020-11-03 2020-11-05 18:01:31 -08:00
nfc nfc: remove unneeded break 2020-10-20 10:36:41 -07:00
ntb Bug fixes for v5.10 2020-10-25 11:12:31 -07:00
nubus
nvdimm mm/memremap_pages: support multiple ranges per invocation 2020-10-13 18:38:28 -07:00
nvme RDMA: Add rdma_connect_locked() 2020-10-28 09:14:49 -03:00
nvmem
of of: Fix reserved-memory overlap detection 2020-10-25 20:37:55 -05:00
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oprofile
parisc dma-mapping: split <linux/dma-mapping.h> 2020-10-06 07:07:03 +02:00
parport
pci VFIO updates for v5.10-rc1 2020-10-22 13:00:44 -07:00
pcmcia
perf
phy pci-v5.10-changes 2020-10-22 12:41:00 -07:00
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pnp PNP: remove the now unused pnp_find_card() function 2020-10-08 18:00:08 +02:00
power ARM: SoC platform updates 2020-10-24 10:33:08 -07:00
powercap powercap: Fix typo in Kconfig "Plance" -> "Plane" 2020-10-19 17:40:53 +02:00
pps
ps3
ptp
pwm ARM: SoC platform updates 2020-10-24 10:33:08 -07:00
rapidio rapidio: fix the missed put_device() for rio_mport_add_riodev 2020-10-16 11:11:22 -07:00
ras
regulator Merge remote-tracking branch 'regulator/for-5.10' into regulator-next 2020-10-05 16:54:56 +01:00
remoteproc remoteproc updates for v5.10 2020-10-22 12:56:33 -07:00
reset ARM: SoC-related driver updates 2020-10-24 10:39:22 -07:00
rpmsg rpmsg updates for 5.10 2020-10-22 12:58:21 -07:00
rtc RTC for 5.10 2020-10-21 11:22:08 -07:00
s390 s390/ism: fix incorrect system EID 2020-10-26 16:29:14 -07:00
sbus
scsi scsi: qla2xxx: remove incorrect sparse #ifdef 2020-10-26 15:45:22 -07:00
sfi
sh
siox
slimbus
soc soc/fsl/qbman: Add an argument to signal if NAPI processing is required. 2020-11-03 17:41:03 -08:00
soundwire
spi ARM: SoC platform updates 2020-10-24 10:33:08 -07:00
spmi
ssb
staging wimax: move out to staging 2020-10-29 19:27:45 +01:00
target SCSI misc on 20201023 2020-10-23 16:19:02 -07:00
tc
tee
thermal treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") 2020-10-25 14:51:49 -07:00
thunderbolt
tty ARM: SoC platform updates 2020-10-24 10:33:08 -07:00
uio
usb ARM: SoC platform updates 2020-10-24 10:33:08 -07:00
vdpa vhost,vdpa,virtio: cleanups, fixes 2020-10-23 11:00:57 -07:00
vfio VFIO updates for v5.10-rc1 2020-10-22 13:00:44 -07:00
vhost vhost_vdpa: remove unnecessary spin_lock in vhost_vring_call 2020-10-21 10:48:10 -04:00
video A couple of x86 fixes which missed rc1 due to my stupidity: 2020-10-27 14:39:29 -07:00
virt virt: vbox: simplify the return expression of vbg_input_open() 2020-10-02 11:36:13 +02:00
virtio vhost,vdpa,virtio: cleanups, fixes 2020-10-23 11:00:57 -07:00
visorbus
vlynq
vme
w1 w1: w1_therm: make w1_poll_completion static 2020-10-05 14:49:24 +02:00
watchdog ARM: SoC platform updates 2020-10-24 10:33:08 -07:00
xen xen: branch for v5.10-rc1c 2020-10-25 10:55:35 -07:00
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