Re: [PATCH 02/15] can: m_can: Wakeup net queue once tx was issued

From: Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
To: Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@baylibre.com>
Cc: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>,
	Chandrasekar Ramakrishnan <rcsekar@samsung.com>,
	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>,
	linux-can@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] can: m_can: Wakeup net queue once tx was issued
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:40:50 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMZ6RqLTbD1KHqtg5E8tTGy1BFjJYjzVcK3-1L_WXo+Vw8cO4g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221215093140.fwpezasd6whhk7p7@blmsp>

On Thu. 15 Dec. 2022 at 18:44, Markus Schneider-Pargmann
<msp@baylibre.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 11:35:43AM +0100, Markus Schneider-Pargmann wrote:
> > Hi Vincent,
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 07:15:25PM +0900, Vincent MAILHOL wrote:
> > > On Wed. 14 Dec. 2022 at 18:28, Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > > > On 14.12.2022 10:18:20, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> > > > > On 14.12.2022 10:14:06, Markus Schneider-Pargmann wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Marc,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 06:21:00PM +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> > > > > > > On 16.11.2022 21:52:55, Markus Schneider-Pargmann wrote:
> > > > > > > > Currently the driver waits to wakeup the queue until the interrupt for
> > > > > > > > the transmit event is received and acknowledged. If we want to use the
> > > > > > > > hardware FIFO, this is too late.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Instead release the queue as soon as the transmit was transferred into
> > > > > > > > the hardware FIFO. We are then ready for the next transmit to be
> > > > > > > > transferred.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If you want to really speed up the TX path, remove the worker and use
> > > > > > > the spi_async() API from the xmit callback, see mcp251xfd_start_xmit().
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Extra bonus if you implement xmit_more() and transfer more than 1 skb
> > > > > > > per SPI transfer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just a quick question here, I mplemented a xmit_more() call and I am
> > > > > > testing it right now, but it always returns false even under high
> > > > > > pressure. The device has a txqueuelen set to 1000. Do I need to turn
> > > > > > some other knob for this to work?
> > >
> > > I was the first to use BQL in a CAN driver. It also took me time to
> > > first figure out the existence of xmit_more() and even more to
> > > understand how to make it so that it would return true.
> > >
> > > > > AFAIK you need BQL support: see 0084e298acfe ("can: mcp251xfd: add BQL support").
> > > > >
> > > > > The etas_es58x driver implements xmit_more(), I added the Author Vincent
> > > > > on Cc.
> > > >
> > > > Have a look at netdev_queue_set_dql_min_limit() in the etas driver.
> > >
> > > The functions you need are the netdev_send_queue() and the
> > > netdev_complete_queue():
> > >
> > >   https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/include/linux/netdevice.h#L3424
> > >
> > > For CAN, you probably want to have a look to can_skb_get_frame_len().
> > >
> > >   https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/include/linux/can/length.h#L166
> > >
> > > The netdev_queue_set_dql_min_limit() gives hints by setting a minimum
> > > value for BQL. It is optional (and as of today I am the only user of
> > > it).
> >
> > Thank you for this summary, great that you already invested the time to
> > make it work with a CAN driver. I will give it a try in the m_can
> > driver.
>
> Thanks again, it looks like it is working after adding netdev_sent_queue
> and netdev_complete_queue.

Happy to hear that :)

A quick advice just in case: make sure to test the different error
branches (failed TX, can_restart() after bus off…).

Yours sincerely,
Vincent Mailhol